Critical Stage Drought Continues

Drought Stage: Critical
Barton Springs flow: 16 cfs (15.9 cfs 10-day avg)
Lovelady Water Level: 197.2 feet

Drought conditions and impacts continue to get worse as we enter the end of August. Reports of impacts to springs and wells are "flooding" in. Click here to an Austin American Statesman article on the impacts to groundwater. The District will soon cross the 14 cfs threshold for it's Emergency Response Period (ERP) in the next few weeks.

There is a glimmer of hope as the seasonal forecast predicts impacts to lessen in the Fall.

Critical Stage Drought Continues

Drought Stage: Critical
Barton Springs flow: 16 cfs (15.8 cfs 10-day avg)
Lovelady Water Level: 197.1 feet

Drought article from Hill Country Alliance

Click here for a link to the article by the HCA.

Rainfall and El Nino article

Dr. David Hillis at UT Austin provides a nice summary of rainfall, droughts, El Nino and global warming patterns.

Click here for a link to the website article.

The good news is that the forecast is for a return to El Nino conditions which generally means a wetter-than-average fall and winter in 2009-10.