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LCRA to lower Inks Lake for eight weeks beginning Oct. 1

The Lower Colorado River Authority will lower Inks Lake by about 8 feet this fall to provide property owners an opportunity to work on docks, boat slips and other shoreline structures like retaining walls, dredge up to 2,000 cubic yards of material and remove debris from the lake and shoreline.
LCRA to lower Inks Lake for eight weeks beginning Oct. 1
Holly Morris takes a kayak ride on Inks Lake. Coming up in October, the Lower Colorado River Authority will draw down the waterway by about 8 feet.

Author: Contributed/FOIL

The Lower Colorado River Authority will lower Inks Lake by about 8 feet this fall to provide property owners an opportunity to work on docks, boat slips and other shoreline structures like retaining walls, dredge up to 2,000 cubic yards of material and remove debris from the lake and shoreline.

LCRA will slowly lower the lake by about a foot a day beginning Wednesday, Oct. 1. The lake will be at its fully lowered level of 879-879.5 feet above mean sea level by Thursday, Oct. 9. The refill will begin Monday, Nov. 24, and will conclude by Friday, Nov. 28.

Inks Lake was last lowered in 2020.

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