/tags/highland-lakes Highland Lakes en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:26:54 GMT /energy-environment/2024-12-06/austin-tx-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-report PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to several cancers and other health problems. Out of 29 compounds tested, Austin Water found only faint traces of six. Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:26:54 GMT /energy-environment/2024-12-06/austin-tx-forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-report Katy McAfee /energy-environment/2023-03-06/downstream-of-austin-texas-rice-farmers-face-another-year-without-colorado-river-water Continuing drought means Texas rice farmers will not receive water from the Lower Colorado River Authority in 2023. Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-03-06/downstream-of-austin-texas-rice-farmers-face-another-year-without-colorado-river-water Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2018-10-21/austin-water-calls-for-urgent-reduction-in-water-use-amid-challenges-from-flooding Austin Water officials are issuing an "urgent call" for people to reduce water usage immediately, as the utility struggles with debris, silt and mud in鈥� Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:08:45 GMT /energy-environment/2018-10-21/austin-water-calls-for-urgent-reduction-in-water-use-amid-challenges-from-flooding Matt Largey /austin/2018-10-20/heres-why-the-highland-lakes-are-so-important-and-why-they-arent-really-lakes-at-all A system of dams along the Colorado River was created for a few purposes. It was created for agricultural storage and also as a kind of recreation. Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:10:39 GMT /austin/2018-10-20/heres-why-the-highland-lakes-are-so-important-and-why-they-arent-really-lakes-at-all KUT Staff /austin/2017-06-29/which-lake-question-do-you-want-us-to-investigate We're ready for the next voting round in our ATXplained project, where we collect questions from our audience, put them to a vote and then investigate the鈥� Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:00:00 GMT /austin/2017-06-29/which-lake-question-do-you-want-us-to-investigate Matt Largey /austin/2015-09-07/highland-lakes-remain-leveled-off-after-a-long-dry-summer After an historic amount of rain this spring, as well as a hot and dry summer in Austin and across Central Texas, the Highland Lakes are looking good.With鈥� Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:43:24 GMT /austin/2015-09-07/highland-lakes-remain-leveled-off-after-a-long-dry-summer Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2014-09-19/it-will-take-an-insane-amount-of-rain-before-the-highland-lakes-recover From StateImpact Texas:Central Texas is having a pretty decent year, rain-wise. We鈥檙e sitting just below normal. And it鈥檚 been a good week, too: early鈥� Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:53:56 GMT /energy-environment/2014-09-19/it-will-take-an-insane-amount-of-rain-before-the-highland-lakes-recover /energy-environment/2014-09-02/why-closing-a-power-plant-could-be-part-of-austins-water-solution From StateImpact Texas:The funny thing about Walter E. Long Lake is that most people don't know it exists.The lake, tucked into a rural-feeling part of鈥� Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:20:15 GMT /energy-environment/2014-09-02/why-closing-a-power-plant-could-be-part-of-austins-water-solution Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2014-06-11/as-highland-lakes-near-record-low-will-they-ever-fill-again From StateImpact Texas:The combined storage of the Highland Lakes is expected to approach its record low 鈥� 30 percent full 鈥� by the end of this summer.鈥� Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:22:06 GMT /energy-environment/2014-06-11/as-highland-lakes-near-record-low-will-they-ever-fill-again Dylan Baddour /energy-environment/2013-10-14/a-tiny-bit-of-vegetable-oil-could-save-texas-billions-of-gallons-of-water Parts of Central Texas saw as much as 12 inches of rain over the weekend. Water levels in the Highland Lakes rose slightly, but the storm was far from a鈥� Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:30:00 GMT /energy-environment/2013-10-14/a-tiny-bit-of-vegetable-oil-could-save-texas-billions-of-gallons-of-water Matt Largey