Posted: Tue, 26 May 2015 07:30 AM - 40,465 Readers

By: Eric Janzen

Lake Travis was approaching 654 feet above mean sea level early Tuesday morning, 20 feet above where it was just seven days ago — a rise of nearly 25 feet this month. The 654 feet is the highest since May 2011, up 6 feet in 24 hours and 21 feet in a week. Since the beginning of the year, Lake Travis has risen 31 feet.

The Lower Colorado River Authority expects the lake to continue rising in the coming weeks as high inflows from Hill Country creeks and rivers continue.

In the last few weeks, Travis County Parks officials have reopened some boat ramps along the lake as water levels continue to rise. According to the LCRA’s boat ramp information page, five more ramps could soon open if lake levels reach the projected mark of 656 feet.