AUSTIN, Texas — Just three years ago you could mow grass across the exposed bottom of Lake Travis. Closed signs hung across entrances of the boat ramps. Coves became graveyards for boats abandoned on dry ground.
You get the picture and it wasn’t pretty. From 2011 through 2014 central Texas suffered one of the worst droughts in history. Lake Travis dropped nearly 50 feet, or by one-third of normal pool. Austin’s aquatic playground—and a source of drinking water—was all but dried up… Continue reading.