Why water conservation is important

APRIL 4, 2025

​The Texas Hill Country sees droughts and floods regularly. It’s the nature of this arid region, and that’s why the lakes were created.

Lakes Travis and Buchanan were designed to fluctuate. They capture water in wet times and hold it for use by more than a million Texans, industries, agriculture and the environment when conditions turn dry. When water levels go down during droughts, this is the lakes at work. It’s everyone’s job to use the water wisely.

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