Water conservation continues to be vitally important during summer months

With the region’s water supply lakes below full, the Lower Colorado River Authority on Tuesday reminded residents of the importance of conserving water as we head into what is expected to be another hot, dry summer.

“Thanks to rains in May, our water supplies are in better shape than they were a year ago, but lakes Buchanan and Travis are still not full,” said John Hofmann, LCRA executive vice president of Water, “The lakes remain stressed from years of serious drought, and we all should do our part to conserve and stop water waste.”

On Tuesday, combined storage in lakes Buchanan and Travis, the two water supply reservoirs in the Highland Lakes, stood at 1.1 million acre-feet, or about 55% of capacity. A year ago, combined storage stood at 1.005 million acre-feet, or about 50.4% of capacity.