Brown County Water Improvement District No. 1 General Manager Dennis Spinks gave an update on Tuesday regarding the persistent Texas drought and the effect of the drought on Lake Brownwood.
Although Brown County received rainfall over the last few days, the lake didn’t benefit as much as many might have expected.
“We have had up to two inches of rain on the water shed,” said Spinks “I think the water shed is still not getting any significant runoff. We did come up approximately 3/10 of a foot in the last three days so that is a benefit. We are still in serious condition and the lake is currently 15.4 feet below spillway.”
Spinks said that although the ground is currently saturated, the area is still experiencing a severe drought and encouraged residents to continue to be mindful to conserve water.
“We still need to consider conservation of water,” Spinks said. “Of course with the rainfall we are not selling much water, we are having natural conservation, but come spring need to consider possibly putting more restrictions in place unless the lake level does come up significantly.”
Spinks said that he will recommend increasing water restrictions next month at the BCWID’s next board meeting.
