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Central Texas Water Coalition tells Lakeway leaders drought is long-term; urges policy and reserve changes
Summary
Shannon Hamilton of the Central Texas Water Coalition told the Lakeway City Council the region is in a prolonged drought, urged a protected water reserve and updates to the LCRA water-management plan, and encouraged local conservation and policy changes at the state level.
Shannon Hamilton, director of the Central Texas Water Coalition, updated the Lakeway City Council on regional water supplies on April 21, telling members the outlook is poor and that policy changes at the state level will be needed to protect supply.
Hamilton said the region has entered a protracted drought beginning in 2019 and that new large-scale water projects are 10–20 years away. “I will tell you the number 1 issue for our state and especially our region. It's water,” Hamilton said. She described inflows to Highland-area reservoirs as a fraction of historical averages and said recent years rank among…
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