Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) | StateImpact Texas
Sep 19, 2014 · The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is a conservation and reclamation district formed by the Texas Legislature in 1934. It plays a variety of roles in Central Texas …
Citing ‘Mismanagement,’ Lawmaker Threatens Massive Overhaul …
Apr 25, 2014 · The LCRA is a unique entity, in that it doesn’t answer to the legislature directly, and has a great deal of autonomy. It’s a quasi-state agency with deep pocketbooks, one that …
LCRA Raises Water Rates For Some Customers | StateImpact Texas
Jun 19, 2014 · The LCRA has been hard-pressed to manage water for over one million Texans as dwindling rains and persistent heat have lowered reservoirs. In September 2013, storage in …
LCRA Approves Plan That Will Likely Cut Off Rice Farmers This Year
Jan 8, 2013 · A few LCRA board members indicated they were in favor of tightening restrictions on Central Texas water users, including firm water customers like the City of Austin and …
Why an Environmental Group is Going After Austin’s Coal Plant
Jun 22, 2012 · The Fayette Power Project is a three-unit facility providing 1,625 megawatts of electricity. The first two units, which are jointly owned by LCRA and Austin Energy, were …
Despite Delay in Vote, Little Change Expected in Proposed LCRA …
Aug 21, 2014 · The LCRA board postponed the vote on the plan for thirty days until Sept. 17 to get more public input. But the board made it clear it doesn’t want to change the “framework of …
LCRA Gets Its Own 18-Wheeler To Haul Water to Spicewood Beach
Feb 10, 2012 · Since then, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which owns and operates the wells in the town, has LCRA Gets Its Own 18-Wheeler To Haul Water to Spicewood Beach …
LCRA Water Plan Goes to TCEQ for Approval | StateImpact Texas
Mar 12, 2012 · LCRA General Manager Becky Motal says the new plan will help protect LCRA customers during severe droughts. A new plan that would significantly change how water is …
LCRA Set to Get an Earful on Water Management Plan
Feb 20, 2012 · The LCRA will hear from the various communities who rely on the river to support their way of life. The next couple days will be busy ones at the headquarters of the Lower …
LCRA Passes New Water Plan: More Water for Lakes, Less for …
Feb 22, 2012 · The LCRA voted to pass a new water plan today. In what they’re calling the “most decisive issue” they’ve ever come across, the Lower Colorado River Authority voted today in …