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How many of our courses are pulling treated lake Travis water vs gray water and water from their own retention ponds?

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“Researchers found between 25% to 50% of the water running through Waller Creek — which crosses along UT Austin’s campus — is the product of leaky city pipes, UT officials said in a release. Those leaks provide a gift, allowing the creek to help nourish trees along its banks, even during drought conditions.“

Good lord.

4 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek? 

Sure!  Here's a picture of one:

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3 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

How many of our courses are pulling treated lake Travis water vs gray water and water from their own retention ponds?

Hancock is gray water

 

18 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek? 

Not really

52 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

lulz.  "Leaky pipes are a gift".

Never change, Austin.

As an aging male, this hits a bit too close to home.

56 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek? 

Not really, mostly small stuff.  Shoal Creek has better fishing if you have the desire to fish in one of the creeks.

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

Not really, mostly small stuff.  Shoal Creek has better fishing if you have the desire to fish in one of the creeks.

What are we, fucking homeless?

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12 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

What are we, fucking homeless?

Who you fuck is your business.  I was just giving the man some fishing advice.

16 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek? 

Lots

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1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

I love this place. Fishing advice, weather, and the double bird to top it off.

Nature is a gift

The larger pool right across from DKR next to San Jac dorm has two fucking gigantic snapping turtles in it. I imagine they chow down on some sunfish and occasional baby bass. 

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Buchanan is up to 66% full. A lot of the recent rains have been in the right spot for it. Travis hasn’t seen much improvement. Not seeing rain in forecast for the next week. Doomed?

On 5/16/2024 at 5:36 PM, utee94 said:

Sure!  Here's a picture of one:

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meanwhile, in the colorado river basin, the big country rain this spring has not moved spence 1 inch and it remains at 15.3%

ivie is up 2.5 feet and 2.5% in the past month, which is 15000 acre-feet

i continue to maintain that solar-driven archimedes screws and roman 1%-grade aqueducts (made with concrete culvert "tubes") can siphon and move all of the excess water from every lake that gets to 100% east of the brazos and move to ivie, spence, and to-be-built new reservoirs is 2 locations i have already identified

21 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

meanwhile, in the colorado river basin, the big country rain this spring has not moved spence 1 inch and it remains at 15.3%

ivie is up 2.5 feet and 2.5% in the past month, which is 15000 acre-feet

i continue to maintain that solar-driven archimedes screws and roman 1%-grade aqueducts (made with concrete culvert "tubes") can siphon and move all of the excess water from every lake that gets to 100% east of the brazos and move to ivie, spence, and to-be-built new reservoirs is 2 locations i have already identified

You're like that dude from Singles. "It's a super train. Get me one hour with the mayor."

12 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

meanwhile, in the colorado river basin, the big country rain this spring has not moved spence 1 inch and it remains at 15.3%

ivie is up 2.5 feet and 2.5% in the past month, which is 15000 acre-feet

i continue to maintain that solar-driven archimedes screws and roman 1%-grade aqueducts (made with concrete culvert "tubes") can siphon and move all of the excess water from every lake that gets to 100% east of the brazos and move to ivie, spence, and to-be-built new reservoirs is 2 locations i have already identified

i fantasize about solutions like this all the time.  i look at elevation lines and see if there is way to have northeast to colorado river transport

12 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i continue to maintain that solar-driven archimedes screws and roman 1%-grade aqueducts (made with concrete culvert "tubes") can siphon and move all of the excess water from every lake that gets to 100% east of the brazos and move to ivie, spence, and to-be-built new reservoirs is 2 locations i have already identified

Sure.  There are all kinds of solutions.  Hell, we could hire a bunch of laborers and have them haul 5 gallon buckets by hand 500 miles -- it CAN be done.

The questions behind ALL of these solutions are 1) what will it cost, and 2) is there sufficient political will to overcome all the opposition to get it done?

People truly don't grasp the cost of these sort of things.  Just the land acquisition alone for the ROW for a pipeline, acqueduct, footpath for 5,000 laborers, whatever, would blow your mind.  Maintenance costs.  Pumping costs (will your solar powered screws manage to pump sufficient volume to get enough water where it needs to go?  Will we need more/bigger pumps, running 24/7?)  And don't forget reservoir costs -- land acquisition, permitting, construction, maintenance and operations....billions upon billions upon billions.

In a state that won't spend money on anything but border bouys.  Good luck.

On 5/16/2024 at 5:31 PM, Paper_jam said:

Just curious, are there fish in Waller Creek? 

I ate sunfish out of Waller Creek when I was about 5. AMA.

22 minutes ago, Masshole Horn said:

I ate sunfish out of Waller Creek when I was about 5. AMA.

How many of your teeth do you still have?

3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

How many of your teeth do you still have?

He now has extras

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Looks like the hill country has another chance for a round of rains this evening. The Travis basin is in the line of storms but I’m sure the force field will be up and running. It is one of the few remaining areas in central Texas that is still experiencing a drought.

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Our spring rains brought Travis up a little and it’s currently at 40.9% full. The bigger news is that Buchanan went from 46% full to 77% full in the last 3 months.

We are now entering the part of the year with the highest usage, least rain, and most evaporation. Should be able to avoid disaster but it will be interesting to see what shape the lakes are in at the end of summer.

16 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Our spring rains brought Travis up a little and it’s currently at 40.9% full. The bigger news is that Buchanan went from 46% full to 77% full in the last 3 months.

We are now entering the part of the year with the highest usage, least rain, and most evaporation. Should be able to avoid disaster but it will be interesting to see what shape the lakes are in at the end of summer.

Need some hurricane action. 

Well, we're well behind average for rainfall in Junes, so I'm not hopeful.

  • 4 weeks later...
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Not something we get to say often but the lake is on the rise in July. It’s actually up 3.5 feet in the last few months and should go up another 5 feet from the recent rains. 

8 minutes ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Up 5 feet in the last 2 days and still rising. 

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water goes down
Five feet high and risin'

7 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Up 5 feet in the last 2 days and still rising. 

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@troph Got any cameras pointed at the lake? A timelapse would be pretty sweet.

Yeah I live on a river that eventually runs into that in coppell/north Dallas. The river dropped about a foot last night and a couple inches during the day. Enjoy the water 💦 can finally fish 

Sure, it ain't 200 billion gallons, but it's still 20 billion gallons per day.  Beggars can't be choosers.

8 hours ago, Bookman said:

Well, the rails are washed out north of town
We gotta head for higher ground
We can't come back till the water goes down
Five feet high and risin'

Do you even plow your corn with a double shovel, bro?

On a positive note, Lake Travis will be of benefit to the juvenile criminal justice system

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Lake still looks depressing but it’s 46.5% full. Up from 39.4% 3 months ago. Lake going up in the summer is never a bad thing.

Pecan Bayou and other parts of the Hill Country have gotten some rain in the last 24 hours. Not sure if the runoff will make it to the Highland lakes...

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