![]() ![]() In the chart, she highlighted the May inflows.īased on the 1942 to 2020 data, the average May inflow to the Highland Lakes is 202,946 acre-feet of water. But Tedder said that’s not reflective of more current inflows. What the LCRA currently uses reflects the average inflows from 1942 to 2020. (Inflows refer to water flowing into the lakes via rivers and streams). She presented a chart that outlines the historic average inflows to the Highland Lakes. One of those priorities is pushing the LCRA, which manages the Highland Lakes and lower Colorado River basin water, to quit using historic inflow averages and utilize more current data in its decisions. ![]() Over the past decade, the Central Texas Water Coalition and its allies have made some improvements to the management and oversight of the lakes and the lower Colorado River basin.Īt the Commissioners Court meeting, Tedder outlined issues the coalition is still trying to address. “Oh, my gosh, we’re saying the same thing we were saying then: Things have to change,” Tedder said.ĭespite change coming slowly, if at all, she and other advocates press on. Ten years after the Central Texas Water Coalition was founded, its volunteer members are still advocating to protect the Highland Lakes, even though, at times, it feels like they’re on a treadmill going nowhere.įounder and board President Jo Karr Tedder was giving an annual update to the Burnet County Commissioners Court on June 22 when she acknowledged a comment she made in 2014 to the Lower Colorado River Authority.
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