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Inks Lake won't lower in January
Posted: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:47 AM - 7,865 Readers
By: Highland Lakes Newspaper
Due to current drought conditions, LCRA will not lower Inks Lake this
winter. Inks Lake is one of the smaller pass-through lakes in the chain
of six Highland Lakes. Several lake-area organizations and
residents submitted requests to LCRA in September for a drawdown to
allow for dock repair and maintenance. They had hoped that fall
rains would increase the chances that the request would be approved.
However, as of Nov. 30, the level of Lake Buchanan, which would be used
to refill Inks Lake, had only risen about six feet from its lowest
level earlier this summer. Those low levels are the result of a
drought that has lasted more than two years and has been accompanied by
record-high temperatures and record-low inflows into the Highland
Lakes. The current level of Lake Buchanan is slightly below
996 feet above mean sea level (msl), or 24 feet below the lake’s full
elevation of 1,020 feet msl. Lake Buchanan’s average monthly level for
November is 1,012 feet msl. “Although the amount of water needed
to refill Inks Lake is relatively small and would be recaptured in
downstream lakes, we need to be sensitive to those around Lake Buchanan
who are still experiencing significant problems accessing the lake at
these low lake levels and the economic and recreational impacts of
that,” said Mark Jordan, manager of LCRA’s reservoir operations.
“Hopefully, wetter conditions will bring higher lake levels so we can
look at lowering the lake for repair and maintenance work next year,”
he added. LCRA also declined a request from the City of Austin to lower Lake Austin this winter, again citing drought conditions. Current
lake levels, even with the reduced need for environmental flows and
water releases this winter, are still too low to accommodate a
drawdown. Over the past decade, Lake Austin has been lowered several
times to help control the aggressive non-native aquatic plant hydrilla.
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