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LCRA outlines flood operations for Highland Lakes, says new peaker unit is online
Summary
At an Oct. 25 LCRA board meeting, staff described how the agency manages flood releases across the Highland Lakes, promoted its real-time HydroMet data and notification service, and announced unit 1 of a Caldwell County natural-gas peaker plant has reached commercial operation.
Phil Wilson, an LCRA staff member, told the Lower Colorado River Authority board on Oct. 25 that the agency is actively managing flood operations in the Highland Lakes after recent heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding in parts of the Hill Country.
Wilson said LCRA crews installed a mobile substation to restore electrical service after floodwaters from the Guadalupe River inundated the Hunt Substation in Kerr County. He described how the authority operates the Highland Lakes and how members of the public and emergency officials can track conditions and LCRA actions.
"These are ways people can find out when flood operations are happening at our dams," Wilson said, referring to the authority's HydroMet monitoring site and the LCRA Flood Operations Notification Service. He said LCRA's hydrologists and engineers monitor data from more than 275 river and weather…
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