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Portland council appoints water‑allocation review panel as lake levels fall toward stage‑3 drought
Summary
With combined lake levels near 20.2%, the council appointed five members to a Water Allocation and Review Committee that staff said will have full authority to grant or deny variance requests during stage‑3 drought restrictions; the council recommended Charles West as chair.
Portland City Council on Monday appointed five members to a Water Allocation and Review Committee as the city prepares for escalating drought restrictions.
Deputy City Manager explained that Portland purchases water through the San Patricio Municipal Water District, which gets supplies from Corpus Christi; Corpus Christi has tied customers to its drought stages, and the deputy said combined lake levels were at about 20.2 percent over the weekend, making the city likely to enter stage‑3 drought restrictions…
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