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Central Texas Water Coalition urges LCRA to require outside users to follow Highland Lakes drought rules
Summary
Shannon Hamilton, executive director of the Central Texas Water Coalition, told the Lower Colorado River Authority board on March 26 that recent social‑media posts about pipelines in Brushy Creek renewed concern about transfers of Highland Lakes water to growing cities and urged LCRA to require receiving cities to follow equivalent drought and conservation rules.
Shannon Hamilton, executive director of the Central Texas Water Coalition, told the Lower Colorado River Authority board on March 26 that recent social-media posts about pipeline construction in Brushy Creek have renewed concern among Highland Lakes residents about transfers of water out of the basin to cities such as Round Rock, Leander and Georgetown.
Hamilton said the transfers are governed by laws enacted years earlier—she referred specifically to House Bill 1437—and asked the LCRA to use its authority to ensure cities that obtain water from the Highland Lakes follow the…
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