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City details Lake 7 reuse project; water-right permits secured, federal permitting next
Summary
City staff described Lake 7 as a reuse-fed reservoir included in the city's 100-year water plan; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality water-right permits are in hand and U.S. Army Corps 404 permitting is the next step.
City staff described Lake 7 as a key, long-term component of Lubbock’s 100-year water plan and said the lake will be replenished primarily with reused treated water, stormwater and industrial returns.
Wood Franklin (presenting on the city’s water plan) said Lake 7 — planned east of Loop 289 between the Loop and Buffalo Springs Lake — was added to the strategic water supply plan in February 2006. Franklin said the city received Texas Commission on Environmental Quality water-right permits in February 2024 and that an engineering contract was approved to begin the U.S.…
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