Major LCRA customers’ outdoor watering is restricted to only once a week

Drought conditions are triggering two significant actions by the Lower Colorado River Authority that affect all LCRA water customers. Moving from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of LCRA;s drought response means that all LCRA firm water customers – including cities, industries and retail water suppliers – are required to increase water-saving measures and limit outdoor watering to no more than once a week. Secondly, no water from the Highland Lakes will be available in in Colorado, Wharton and Matagorda counties in 2025 to most LCRA agricultural customers that use “interruptible water,” which is curtailed or cut back during droughts. “These actions are needed to help preserve and extend our water supplies in the face of a drought that shows little signs of easing over spring and summer,” said John Hofmann, LCRA executive vice president of water. “Our water supply reservoirs – lakes Buchanan and Travis – remain stressed and are now sitting at about 51% of capacity.”