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Local watershed group outlines role of upstream flood-retarding structures after July storms
Summary
Paul Wilburn, a representative of WCAID, told the Lampasas City Council during a July 2025 workshop that nine flood-retarding structures in the Upper Sulfur Creek watershed collectively provide roughly 26,171 acre-feet of flood-pool capacity and helped reduce flooding impacts during recent storms.
Paul Wilburn, a representative of WCAID, told the Lampasas City Council during a July 2025 workshop that nine flood-retarding structures in the Upper Sulfur Creek watershed collectively provide roughly 26,171 acre-feet of flood-pool capacity and helped reduce flooding impacts during recent storms.
Why it matters: Wilburn said the storage capacity is “almost twice what the city of Lampasas uses in a year,” and the structures are designed to capture heavy runoff and meter releases over roughly a 10-day period. Council members and staff heard that the structures have reduced flood risk for the town for more than 60 years and that the recent rainfall filled only about half of the flood storage pool on…
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