AUSTIN, Texas — Lake levels are going up in Central Texas, so the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is scaling back its drought response. The LCRA manages the lower Colorado River and our ...

Lake Buchanan is 75% full as of June 5 and ... Below is the Lower Colorado River Authority's (LCRA) water level projections based on varying weather conditions through the end of the year.

This morning, the LCRA reported that the two lakes, combined, were 52 percent full. Lake Travis water levels were at 642 feet as of this morning, 26 feet below average. If current weather patterns ...

Summer outlook: Will Central Texas lakes fill with ... reservoirs at higher levels, but the reservoirs are still stressed from years of drought,” said John Hofmann, LCRA executive vice president ...

Much of Central Texas’ water supply is stored in lakes Travis and Buchanan, which are now 33 percent full and likely will hit the lowest levels on record later this year. The LCRA board has ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority took algae samples from the 10 spots along the lake on March 3, just a week after it was ...

LCRA spokeswoman Clara Tuma said Wednesday that the LCRA "began the process" of releasing water "as soon as the level was forecast to exceed 681 feet above mean sea level" — when the lake is full.

Toxic algae was found in Lake LBJ and Inks Lake, which may be dangerous if consumed, the Lower Colorado River Authority said ...

Ryan Rowney, LCRA's manager of water operations, told Austin's KVUE-TV that the ongoing drought is forcing the authority to consider the variable-level option, which would be a first for the lake.

As schools let out throughout the Highland Lakes, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) reminds lake revelers of ...