LCRA Considers a New Lake in Colorado County

The Lower Colorado River Authority on Wednesday announced plans to explore building another reservoir to increase water supplies for the fast-growing region.

During a meeting of the LCRA Board of Directors, LCRA General Manager Phil Wilson announced that LCRA is quickly moving forward with a feasibility study to determine if property LCRA owns northwest of Eagle Lake in Colorado County would be suitable for a large new water supply reservoir.

The potential new reservoir could help LCRAmeet its goal of adding about 60,000 acre-feet of water supplies by 2040.

The new reservoir potentially could hold between 48,000 and 80,000 acre-feet of water. That would make it larger than Arbuckle Reservoir and two to three times the capacity of Lake Austin. The almost 2,000-acre Colorado County site is near an existing river intake and pump station.