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Customers such as municipalities, industries and temporary water users in the LCRA water service area must secure a firm water supply contract from LCRA to use water from the Highland Lakes or lower Colorado River. Firm water is available even during a severe drought.
House Bill 1437 authorizes LCRA to also provide raw water to some entities in Williamson County. The supply of firm water under LCRA’s water right 14-5434, as amended, is subject to terms of the Garwood Purchase Agreement.
Contracts
Municipal, industrial and large-scale irrigation use
LCRA’s rate for firm water used is $145 an acre-foot per year. LCRA’s rate for firm water reserved for future use is $72.50 an acre-foot per year. The reservation fee helps pay the cost of storing and managing reserved water supplies. The total amount of water under contract with LCRA sets the Maximum Annual Quantity (MAQ). LCRA’s rate for use in excess of the MAQ – known as the “firm water inverted block fee” – is $290 an acre-foot per year.
Beginning with the January 2022 billing cycle, the rate for firm water used will be $155 per acre-foot. The rate for firm water reserved for future use will be $77.50 per acre-foot and the inverted block fee will be $310 per acre-foot.
LCRA municipal, industrial and large-scale irrigation water use customers are required to develop a water conservation plan and implement a drought contingency plan. LCRA must approve the plans before a water sale contract is executed.
Reference materials
- Firm Water Contract Rules
- Standard terms and conditions for standard firm water contracts
- LCRA 2019 Raw Water Conservation Plan
- Water Conservation Plan Rules for Water Sale Contracts
- LCRA Landscape Conservation Guidelines
- Spreadsheet for calculating utility baseline data
- Firm Customer Drought Contingency Plan
- Drought Contingency Plan Rules for Water Sale Contracts
Landscape irrigation and recreation use
LCRA offers long-term landscape irrigation and recreation contracts to property owner associations, parks and commercial properties. The contracts are for up to 10 years and up to 20 acre-feet per year. LCRA’s rate for landscape irrigation and recreation use is $145 an acre-foot per year.
Beginning with the January 2022 billing cycle, the water rate will be $155 per acre-foot.
Landscape irrigation and recreation use water customers are required to develop a water conservation plan and a drought contingency plan. LCRA must approve the plans before a water sale contract is executed.
Reference materials
- Firm Water Contract Rules
- Standard terms for landscape irrigation and recreational use contracts
- LCRA 2019 Raw Water Conservation Plan
- LCRA Landscape Conservation Guidelines
- Water Conservation Plan Rules for Water Sale Contracts
- Drought Contingency Plan for Domestic, Temporary, Landscape Irrigation and Recreational Use Contracts
- Drought Contingency Plan Rules for Water Sale Contracts
LCRA requires landscape irrigation and recreation use customers to follow a maximum twice-a-week outdoor watering schedule.
Temporary raw water use
LCRA offers temporary water contracts for up to 10 acre-feet per year for up to three years. LCRA’s rate for temporary raw water use is $145 an acre-foot per year. Beginning with the January 2022 billing cycle, the water rate will be $155 per acre-foot. There is a different contract and application process for temporary contracts for more than 10 acre-feet per year or longer than three years – see landscape irrigation and recreation use.
LCRA requires its temporary raw water use customers to implement a drought contingency plan. LCRA must approve the plan before a water sale contract is executed.
Reference materials
- Firm Water Contract Rules
- Drought Contingency Plan for Domestic, Temporary, Landscape Irrigation and Recreational Use Contracts
- Drought Contingency Plan Rules for Water Sale Contracts
LCRA requires temporary use customers to follow a maximum twice-a-week outdoor watering schedule.
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