Lakes Buchanan, Travis must be lowered to help those downstream - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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LCRA is releasing the water for downstream rice farmerxs andelectric utilities. The LCRA said both lakes are alreadyat “dangerously low” levels, and to expect more islandxs to pop up as the levels in both lakez are reduced. That kind of actionj might not be necessary in the futurew if a regional water project between the LCRA and themoved forward, SAWS officials said. “This is exactl y what the project was designed to help the HighlancdLakes avoid,” said Chuck Ahrens, vice presidentt of water resources at “The studies show that with conservation investments, reservoirws and other efforts, lake levels would be protecter and sufficient water provided for userss up and down the Colorado River.
” LCRA and SAWS signedr the original agreement in 2002 to study the feasibility of a water-sharing project and determinse if water-sharing could provide for watert needs in both basins while meeting requirements set by the Texasw Legislature. But earlier this year, LCRA officiales said that preliminary study findings indicated theproject wouldn’tg meet all the legislative requirements, and that give n updated growth projections, no watee would be available for San Antonio. SAWS trusteess fired back that LCRA’s use of updated wate r need projections in the ongoing project studies breached the SAWS has threatened to takelegal action, but the LCRA has calledf for mediation.