Like I've said before, I don't claim to have any answers. I offered one suggestion to decrease water demand.

I really try to avoid contentious topics on this forum, but when it comes to subject that I am intimately familiar with, I feel a duty to try to bring some facts to the discussion (I apologize that my last post had some personal feelings in it) so that I can help inform people on the subject.

My while point is that this is a difficult topic and I the solution was as easy as just building a whole bunch of reservoirs you'd think we'd be doing that already, but the fact is, rivers and bays are extremely complex. We only get one shot at this. The river and bays in Texas that we have are the only ones that we got and once they're gone or messed up so bad that yet ate not properly functioning, that's it.

I encourage everyone following this threat to check out the Texas Instream Flow Program website and learn all the functions that rivers serve and how important that they are.

If there is something that you don't understan or would like an explanation of, don't hesitate to IM me and I'll be more than happy to help explain anything that I can, or point you in the direction to get your question answered.

Aggie Angler has some very good points, I was fortunate or unfortunate to be on the TCEQ panel to review surface and ground water usage. We are running out of inexpensive water for consumers. There are currently several projects around the state where effluent water from wastewater treatment facilities are used for irrigation, cooling water for industry and if you float the river on river walk in San Antonio they use recycle water. Building new reservoirs is not the blanket answer. The majority of reservoirs built back in the 50's & 60's were designed for flood control as 1st priority, with drink water use being after thought. Water quality has changed radically over the last 40 years. Best example is US public health code listed basic requirements for water source to be used for public consumption, the one that really sticks out is Total solids were listed at 1000 mg/l, that includes suspended solids, dissolved solids and settable solids. Current revisions of clean water act raised limits for Total dissolved solids to 1000 mg/l. We now have to deal with Total organic carbon and endocrine disruptures ( those are the things that have changed the DNA of fish in NE part of US) Gee I need to get off my soap box...anyway future generations are going to have bigger issues than energy to deal with....

Took some pics this morning I wanted to share of our mighty Colorado River in western Mills County during dry times. The current water levels have become more and more common in recent years. This is a mile downstream from the Pecan Bayou and most of our water is coming from it.


My Grandkids built the little dam while playing in the river last weekend.

KG68...

Thanks for posting those pics. We have land in northern San Saba County along the Colorado. Since the construction of OH Ivie the river is consistently lower. Our land is on a relatively deep hole of the river, but just a short boat trip downriver is a very shallow area that instead of being a fast running shoals is now just a trickle of a creek. I can walk downstream for a good 3-4 miles easily on areas that 20-30 yrs ago would have been a steady flowing healthy river. Your pictures look exactly like what I see on parts of the river in San Saba County. It's a shame.

On a dry river bottom like that,if you search vigorously you should be able to find some arrowheads.