Drought declaration delayed

The Board decided to wait on making an Alarm Drought declaration this last Board Meeting (7/24/14) and consider action at then next Board meeting in August. Barton Springs flow continues to decline, but has not yet crossed its threshold. The Lovelady water level elevation is also continuing to decline, and is already more than 1 ft below its threshold for Alarm Stage II Drought.

Alarm Drought Declaration pending

Moderate drought conditions persist throughout central Texas and the reprieve from drought conditions in the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer in late June and early July have passes. It's back to drought--the Lovelady drought trigger has crossed it's respective Alarm Stage threshold and the Board will consider the declaration of Alarm Drought conditions at Thursday (7/24/14) night's Board Meeting.

The good news is that we are well into the summer and to date it's not been as severe as previous summers (like 2011). There is also a strong chance that the El Nino conditions will bring above-normal rainfall this winter for Texas.

Lovelady approaching Alarm Stage threshold

Both Barton Springs and the Lovelady well are in a declining trend; however they are presently above their respective drought triggers. The Lovelady well is relatively close to its Alarm threshold and could cross it in the next week. The Board of Directors could declare Drought at its next Board meeting. Without some major tropical system bringing rain, July and August are usually hot and dry, and so it is likely we'll be entering back into drought this summer--hopefully some rains can help extend this reprieve from drought conditions.