Hamilton Pool Road water line
LCRA owns and operates a regional water treatment plant that serves western Travis County and parts of Hays County. Landowners along Hamilton Pool Road requested water service from LCRA for existing and proposed developments. A new water line running along Hamilton Pool Road is substantially complete. In October 2006, LCRA began serving some customers from the water line.

Hamilton Pool Road water line page has links to stories, documents.
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Floods and floodplains
The lower Colorado River basin has experienced numerious major floods since the early 1990s, including the July 2002 flood that filled Lake Travis more than 12 feet above its full elevation.

Floods, coupled with increased urbanization along the Highland Lakes and lower Colorado River, highlight the need for local communities to determine appropriate floodplains. LCRA has been working with local communities and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review floodplains in the lower Colorado River basin.

FEMA's preliminary floodplain maps for Travis County (City of Austin site).
Texas Colorado River Floodplain Coalition has the latest information on FEMA's remapping by county in the Colorado River basin.
What will the 100-year flood look like on Lake Travis?
Travis County Flood Map Project
Fact sheet
FEMA to look at flood-prone Travis County
Flood study news release

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The LCRA-SAWS Water Project
LCRA and the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) have entered into a historic agreement to work together on a long-term project that would develop additional water resources for the lower Colorado River basin and the San Antonio area.

LCRA and SAWS have begun a study period, estimated to take seven years, to determine whether the project is technically feasible and environmentally and economically sound. Based on the study results, LCRA SAWS will decide whether to implement the project, which would develop up to 330,000 acre-feet of water per year by capturing river flows that are currently unallocated, and through aggressive conservation programs.

Site devoted to the agreement with San Antonio Water System
News archive for the project