Scenes from a Dying Lake!

[Jacobchaney523]

Pray for El Niño

[JW]

Pray for El Niño

Smart man. So many folks interior think they need a Hurricane. That quick fast rain that tears a lot of stuff up then of course there is the wind.

[KLAPPER]

Remember we passed a statewide resolution to spend $2 billion out of the state rainy day fund to help with the water shortage problem. Now, I haven't heard any plans on how that $2 billion is supposed to create any more water any better than I know how to bring back dinosaurs, but it's there. I think that if you go back to 2010 we are about 3 FEET short on rainfall. Think of how much extra runoff there would have been with 3' more rain. In the mean time all 8 of our lakes/tanks are low.
The shame of Granbury is that it's supposed to be a constant level lake. No hydroelectric, no flood control. That's why people spent all of that money to build those beautiful houses there. We are used to it on Whitney.

I read somewhere that it is a BIG misconception that Granbury is supposed to be a constant level lake it just was for years because the generators at PK were sending water down the river now they aren't

[Chad C]

I read somewhere that it is a BIG misconception that Granbury is supposed to be a constant level lake it just was for years because the generators at PK were sending water down the river now they aren't

That's my understanding.

[hunter_chick5]

Crazy how low all the lakes are.

[Booger74]

Travis and Buchanan are in the same if not worse shape. Going into summer and both below 35% full? Water is now the clear gold of texas.

[bps3040]

Travis and Buchanan are in the same if not worse shape. Going into summer and both below 35% full? Water is now the clear gold of texas.

My buddy scuba dives Travis and they can walk to where they used to dive down too

[wardog howling]

Anybody been to Bridgeport lake recently? From what I understand it is being drained to keep lake worth and eagle mountain lake up?
I think it's around 22' low. I took my son out there a couple of weekends ago, where I used to swim and fish is a grassy field now. Wise county park is pathetic looking. You could easily walk from one bank across to the other.

[kumathebear]

Update: Our local CBS station in DFW did a report on Lake Granbury last evening. They interviewed a couple of "elderly" lake front home owners and obviously it was very sad to see. One lady in particular, with her husband, had retired years past to our lake and now it's 50+ yards to the water from their dock. I also talked to a lake front owner over the weekend and he said he has had MANY calls offering HALF of what he paid for his property a couple of years ago. The sharks are beginning to circle even with less and less water to swim in!

[Landrover]

Part drought, part politics and money??

https://www.empowertexans.com/econom...lake-granbury/

Interesting! I assume the lake posted by the OP is man made as the only natural lake in Texas is Caddo from what I was told. They definitely can control levels based on whims if the constituents don't have the clout!

[Dale Moser]

News flash......still in a drought. Drought=no water

[gumbl3]

Wonder how much fracking has to do with all this.. I hear it's over 5 million gallons per well

[jmeghunts]

Wonder how much fracking has to do with all this.. I hear it's over 5 million gallons per well

Brace yourself dude, you are about to be attacked by the TBH Roughnecks.