Lake Travis impact from recent rain (Austin, San Augustine: HOA, legal, suite)

[TexasHorseLady]

Canyon Dam spillway, 2002, after "a year's worth of rainfall in less than a week". It created an entirely new gorge, some of which previously contained houses in a neighborhood.

http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/images...n_spillway.jpg

[scm53]

In that July 2002 event, Canyon Dam prevented more than 70,000 cfs of water being added to the flood peak and inundating New Braunfels, adverting $36.8M in damage.

Focusing on this one event makes it easy to forget that Canyon Dam prevented major flooding on the Guadalupe in 1978, 1987, 1991, 1992 and 1998.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

Canyon Dam spillway, 2002, after "a year's worth of rainfall in less than a week". It created an entirely new gorge, some of which previously contained houses in a neighborhood.

http://www.edwardsaquifer.net/images...n_spillway.jpg

That does look devastating and your point is well taken. But like scm said, other tragedies were averted.

If Mother Nature wants to, all of our engineering can be destroyed in a blink of an eye. However, it doesn't mean we shouldn't do what we can when we can.

[pop251808]

Originally Posted by JH6

So does this mean that the price for water will be lowered a little bit, and that will be trickled down to customer's bills?

Talking water from the city of Round Rock specifically.

Yes, it's time to start wasting water again because, after two weeks of rain, Central Texas is no longer a semi-arid region.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by pop251808

Yes, it's time to start wasting water again because, after two weeks of rain, Central Texas is no longer a semi-arid region.

Im assuming that you dont waste any water at all, ever. You only flush after solid waste. you turn the water off while lathering up while you shower, you keep your used shower water to water plants etc etc

Maybe leave other people alone and focus on your own waste, which is the only waste you can control.

We have specific rules in place to address droughts and they work. It might be that they stop working in the future, but that hasnt happened yet. If people are operating within those rules then they arent doing anything wrong.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by scm53

In the 60's, there was a dam proposed for just W of Wimberley on the Blanco. A Houston guy who had a getaway that would have been inundated turned it into his own personal windmill and succeeded in getting it stopped (I know this because he was a friend of my Dad's).

Wonder how he feels now?

Googling found that the Statesman was just talking about this:

As the Blanco recedes, officials wonder aloud about a dam | Insurance News Net

[pop251808]

Originally Posted by Austin97

Im assuming that you dont waste any water at all, ever. You only flush after solid waste. you turn the water off while lathering up while you shower, you keep your used shower water to water plants etc etc

Maybe leave other people alone and focus on your own waste, which is the only waste you can control.

We have specific rules in place to address droughts and they work. It might be that they stop working in the future, but that hasnt happened yet. If people are operating within those rules then they arent doing anything wrong.

Good assumption. Our household of two uses 1600-2000 gals. a month (and yes, we shower every day and have a little St. Augustine left out front) while my spouse's co-worker lives in River Place, complains constantly about "how unfair CoA is," and uses 23,000 gallons for a household of two.

I'm leaving everybody alone. If you're feeling a bit guilty about the amount of water you use, though, so much the better. If you're not, you might be part of the problem. It can be a long hot spell between cooling, life giving rains in Texas. Short memories aren't our friend on this.

[TexasHorseLady]

We average 7,000 - 9,000 gallons a month. That's for two people, four horses, 3 donkeys, and a varying number of cows plus dogs and cats. We do bathe (we have a deep claw foot tub that I'm addicted to), and we do water the lawn when necessary. I do wonder how people use something like 20,000 gallons a month if they don't have a swimming pool.

[Trainwreck20]

In the non-watering months, we use about 2,500 gallons (on average) for a family of four; however, August and September can be brutal for grass and we can use 18,000 to 20,000 gallons each for those two months in bad years, and that is basically just keeping the yard alive. On good years, it can easily be 10,000 lower for those two months. It all depends on the rain and temperature. We are also slowly converting areas of the yard and our 'new' trees are now not so new and adding lots of shade, so I think we will not see our historic peaks in water use again.

[Localny]

Originally Posted by Rynldsbr

Meanwhile isthelakefullyet.com indicates we are still rising and more rain is forecast for the weekend.

What lakes does this measure, it doesn't seem to be Lake Travis, unless I am missing something.. LT seems to be in the mid 60 percent full. This graphic says it's closer to mid 80's percent full.