LCRA plans to build two electric generating units at LCRA’s natural gas-fired peaker Timmerman Power Plant in Caldwell County ...

LCRA tested six new floodgates at Wirtz Dam on Wednesday, May 7. The floodgates were opened one at a time with a siren at the dam sounding before each opening.Each floodgate was partially opened, then ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority briefly opened one of its refurbished floodgates on Wednesday. Trump official who helped dismantle USAID leaves role after ‘depriving millions’ of life ...

Austin Water said it will continue to coordinate information with Watershed Protection, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), the Tom Miller Dam and other lake area business and stakeholders ...

LCRA said early Wednesday one floodgate at Wirtz Dam had been opened. Three floodgates at Max Starcke Dam were also opened to move the runoff downstream into Lake ...

LCRA is replacing the floodgates one at a time so the dam remains operational and ready to pass floodwaters downstream, if needed. LCRA decided to replace rather than refurbish after determining that ...

The dam was completed in 1951 with nine floodgates, and a 10th was added when a power plant was constructed in 1974. “Most of the floodgates have been in place for 73 years, so it’s time for them to ...

LCRA has already cut off water to the Gulf Coast ... for the river diminish as it flows east of 183 at Longhorn Dam. There are still some guardrails – city watershed protection standards apply ...

LCRA also continues to make investments to increase regional water supplies and will continue to maintain and invest in its system of dams, which are critical to protect water supplies and continue ...

If you're new to Austin, you should know that the Highland Lakes are actually the Colorado River, separated by a series of dams. The LCRA, which runs the dams, uses them to manage the sometimes ...

In its early days, the LCRA built a chain of dams along the Colorado River and brought power to rural central Texas for the first time. The new plant will be the LCRA’s second peaker plant.

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in the U.S. state of Texas is beginning a $76 million, three-year project to remove and replace the 10 floodgates at Wirtz Dam to help ensure the dam ...