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LCRA staff recommends tighter triggers, lower interruptible allocations in proposed 2032 plan
Summary
Staff presented a recommended update to LCRA's water management plan that would lower maximum interruptible allocations (normal to 125,000 acre-feet from 178,000), raise drought triggers, shorten extraordinary-drought duration and reduce some in‑stream and bay inflow caps; public comment remains open through Feb. 3 and LCRA will submit the application to TCEQ in March.
Monica Masters, LCRA staff, told the committee that the proposed 2032 water management plan updates hydrology through 2023 and projects firm demands to 2032. The staff recommendation is intended to meet the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) framework and to maintain a modeled minimum combined storage above the 600,000-acre-foot threshold required by the plan.
"The 2032 water management plan recommendation includes a minimum combined storage of about 640,000 acre-feet," Monica Masters said, summarizing model outputs after staff adjustments to allocations and…
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