LCRA Board Chair Timothy Timmerman thanks advisory committee members for the hard work that went into revising LCRA's Water Management Plan. The committee represented cities, industries, lakes interests, environmental concerns and farmers in the lower Colorado River basin. Read more.

LCRA will begin reporting residents who pump water from the Highland Lakes without a contract to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which can levy fines for the illegal pumping.

“Everyone needs to play by the same rules when it comes to the precious, shared and limited resource of water from the Highland Lakes,” LCRA General Manager Becky Motal said. “We’ve been asking and encouraging people to obtain the required contracts for a long time. Now it’s time to step up enforcement.” Read the news release.

General Manager Becky Motal discusses the Fayette Power Project near La Grange in a guest column. She addresses questions about the City of Austin’s ownership interest, federal emissions standards, recent employee retirements and other current topics. Read more.

Nov. 21, LCRA’s Board of Directors authorized General Manager Becky Motal to negotiate the sale of 18 retail water and wastewater systems in the Hill Country and LCRA’s southeast service area to Corix Infrastructure Inc. Read the news release. View the resolution.