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Parks staff outline lake water emergency, cancellations and interim fixes
Summary
Parks staff described multiple pipeline breaks during installation of a 42'inch supply line that left Lake Pflugerville low; emergency restrictions forced cancellations (open swim, some events), reduced irrigation of landscape and sports fields, and prompted temporary measures such as trucking water and targeted use of Manville-supplied water at 1849 Park.
Parks department staff told the commission that construction of a new 42'inch pipeline, installed parallel to an existing 30'inch line, suffered multiple accidental breaks during construction, draining Lake Pflugerville and prompting emergency water restrictions that are affecting parks operations and programming.
"We've gotten to a point where we're in emergency restrictions right now," a parks staff member said, describing multiple line hits during construction and noting that while a recent repair restored flow, it could take approximately 60 days to return lake levels to their winter baseline and longer to reach full capacity later this summer.
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