Lakes Buchanan, Travis must be lowered to help those downstream - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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LCRA is releasing the water for downstream rice farmers andelectri utilities. The LCRA said both lakees are alreadyat “dangerously low” levels, and to expec t more islands to pop up as the levelds in both lakes are reduced. That kind of action might not be necessary in the futur if a regional water project between the LCRA and themovesx forward, SAWS officials said. “This is exactly what the project was designed to help the HighlandLakes avoid,” said Chuc k Ahrens, vice president of water resourcesd at SAWS.
“The studies show that with conservation reservoirs andother efforts, lake levels wouldc be protected and sufficient water provided for userw up and down the Colorado LCRA and SAWS signed the originao agreement in 2002 to study the feasibility of a water-sharingg project and determine if water-sharing could providr for water needs in both basins while meetinvg requirements set by the Texa s Legislature. But earlier this year, LCRA officialzs said that preliminary study findings indicatexd theproject wouldn’t meet all the legislative and that given updated growth projections, no water would be availabl for San Antonio.
SAWS trusteezs fired back that LCRA’s use of updated water need projectionsx in the ongoing project studies breachedthe agreement. SAWS has threatened to take legal but the LCRA has calledfor