Tuesday, April 8, 2014

How Full are the Lakes 37%

As of 4/8/14, the lakes are 37% full. Irrigation season typically starts in April and we use  1% of lake levels , typically, this time of year, each week.  That means without substatinal increase in inflows we will hit 30% lake levels and stage 3 watering restrictions in the June 1st-July 4th timeframe. City of Austin that means reduction of the watering window from 10 hours to 6 hours and increased fines. Let's do all we can to conserve during this critical time period.


How full are the lakes?
37%
Lakes Travis and Buchanan are our region’s water supply reservoirs and currently hold about 751,462 acre-feet of water.

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