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Old 11-03-2015, 08:37 AM
 
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I found criteria before, but cant find them again.

Something like the water levels are forecasted to remain above x% full for 6 months.

Seems like we are close or already there.

here are part of the criteria.

https://www.austintexas.gov/department/drought-update

We are 1.5 million acre feet so should be out of stage 1.
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Old 11-03-2015, 09:25 AM
 
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http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/def..._and_Goals.pdf

Combined lake total when expected to remain above for 4 months

Stage 1: 1.4million
Stage 2: 900k
Stage 3: 600k
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Old 11-03-2015, 09:28 AM
 
Location: central Austin
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LOL, are you planning on watering your lawn soon?!
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Old 11-03-2015, 11:03 PM
 
Location: Austin, Texas
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Honestly, I hope they just make the restrictions permanent.
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Old 11-04-2015, 07:24 AM
 
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Honestly, I hope they just make the restrictions permanent.

Yeah and also make all speeding tickets at least $1,000... Also raised our taxes by uhm...A LOT please... Thx
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Old 11-04-2015, 07:59 AM
 
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Yeah and also make all speeding tickets at least $1,000...
That'd be great. I don't speed. Let people who break the law pay the price of that police coverage instead of taxpayers.
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Old 11-04-2015, 10:16 AM
 
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I don't mind water restrictions on watering your lawn being permanent, but I wish I could wash my car in my driveway. I'm pretty conservative with my water usage when I wash.
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Old 11-04-2015, 12:04 PM
 
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No one can have green yards permanently.. Just becuz... That's makes no sense...
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Old 11-04-2015, 12:10 PM
 
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That'd be great. I don't speed. Let people who break the law pay the price of that police coverage instead of taxpayers.
Also it's a great way to put all the poor ppl in jail. There's no way they could pay those fines and they would definitely go to jail to pay them off. But also let's raise taxes by 90% too... I mean why not?...
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Old 11-04-2015, 12:24 PM
 
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Honestly, I hope they just make the restrictions permanent.

We're heading that direction, but we're not there yet. Wait until the population doubles by 2050. Bye-bye Lake Travis.

The problem is that we aren't retaining the rainwater. We could have filled the lake 5X with what has fallen in the Onion Creek Watershed over the last 2 years.

We need a second reservoir (close by, and at a similar or greater elevation above sea level). The Onion Creek flood plain in 78744 is already undevelopable, and in the process of being bought out. A well placed dam with spillway before McKinney Falls, and you will have another lake the size of Decker. Any added capacity is worth it.

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