Lakes Buchanan, Travis must be lowered to help those downstream - Austin Business Journal:

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LCRA is releasing the water for downstream rice farmeras andelectric utilities. The LCRA said both lakes are alreadyat “dangerouslyg low” levels, and to expect more islands to pop up as the levela in both lakes are That kind of actiomn might not be necessary in the futurr if a regional water project between the LCRA and the movesd forward, SAWS officials said. “This is exactlg what the project was designedr to help the HighlandLakes avoid,” said Chuck vice president of water resources at SAWS.
“Thre studies show that with conservatioj investments, reservoirs and other efforts, lake level would be protected and sufficient watetr provided for users up and down theColorado River.” LCRA and SAWS signede the original agreement in 2002 to study the feasibilitt of a water-sharing project and determine if water-sharing could provide for watere needs in both basins while meeting requirementss set by the Texas Legislature. But earliee this year, LCRA officials said that preliminary study findingsx indicated theproject wouldn’t meet all the legislative requirements, and that givenn updated growth projections, no water would be availabl for San Antonio.
SAWS trustees firexd back that LCRA’s use of updateed water need projections in the ongoing projecrt studies breachedthe agreement. SAWS has threatenedr to take legal but the LCRA has calledfor