Austin's water woes continue (Mansfield, Keller: live, title, areas)

[Kosmonaut]

Interesting -

The pipe supplying Lago Vista will run dry if the lake falls below the current level, but a back-up mechanism is in place that is capable of pumping nearly 30 feet deeper.

Cedar Park and Leandershare a pipe capable of pumping to a depth of 615 feet above sea level, and a new extension set to be installed next month will extend 25 feet deeper.

Meanwhile, the City of Austin gets its water from Lake Austin , which remains at a constant level year-round.

Water woes escalate as lakes drop

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by Kosmonaut

Interesting -

The pipe supplying Lago Vista will run dry if the lake falls below the current level, but a back-up mechanism is in place that is capable of pumping nearly 30 feet deeper.

Cedar Park and Leandershare a pipe capable of pumping to a depth of 615 feet above sea level, and a new extension set to be installed next month will extend 25 feet deeper.

Meanwhile, the City of Austin gets its water from Lake Austin , which remains at a constant level year-round.

Water woes escalate as lakes drop

Your title : "Austin's water woes"

Their title: "water woes escalate"

Your own quote mentions that it's not an issue for Austin. Quit trolling.

[Kosmonaut]

huh?

[Trainwreck20]

Last I heard, the COA has three plus years remaining in the lakes even if the drought does not improve at all. Probably longer, as additional restrictions would come into play.

And yeah, he is taking the lead from pop media by making the headline and content not correspond.

[unihills]

Originally Posted by Kosmonaut

huh?

He/she is saying Austin proper doesn't have a water supply issue, it's some outlying areas that are hurt by Lake Travis falling.

[Kosmonaut]

I apologize. Austin will be the last to get screwed I suppose. Funny thing, though - look at a map of Austin on Google maps, and you can see that the city owns the gerrymandered sliver of lake front going all the way out to lake travis. If the SHTF, Austin proper has encapsulated the entire lake.

Fascinating.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=austi...gl=us&t=m&z=12

There are quite a few landlocked cities, Westlake included. I wonder where all these cities get their water. The Aquifer?

[owlman]

Originally Posted by Kosmonaut

Meanwhile, the City of Austin gets its water from Lake Austin , which remains at a constant level year-round.

This is only 100% true until WTP4 is up and running. I wonder what elevation the intake is/will be for that?

[Kosmonaut]

Originally Posted by owlman

This is only 100% true until WTP4 is up and running. I wonder what elevation the intake is/will be for that?

I doubt they will ever stop taking from Lake Austin. Austin has the first rights to the water in Lake Travis through Mansfield dam, so the lake could run dry while Austin gets it's share.

Can anyone imagine the implications of trucking water to the 75,000 residents of Cedar Park/Leander? Holy moly. Remember when they had to do that to Spicewood Beach? That was only a few hundred people and it was a fiasco.

[unihills]

Originally Posted by owlman

This is only 100% true until WTP4 is up and running. I wonder what elevation the intake is/will be for that?

Lowest intake is at elev. 568'.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Last I heard, the COA has three plus years remaining in the lakes even if the drought does not improve at all. Probably longer, as additional restrictions would come into play.

And yeah, he is taking the lead from pop media by making the headline and content not correspond.

Yeah, it looks pretty much like 3 years if the trend continues.

Water Data For Texas

Personally, I'd be worried.

On a positive note, in 2 years, you can head to Windy Point and pick pecans from the orchard.