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LCRA Approves Plan for Rice Farmers

November 14, 2012 3:52 pm by: Mose Buchele

The Highland Lakes are still low. Photo by Reshma Kirpalani/KUT NewsThe Highland Lakes are still low. Photo by Reshma Kirpalani/KUT News

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The Highland Lakes that supply water to most of Central Texas are still only 43 percent full.

So today the Lower Colorado River Authority voted on a new emergency water plan outlining whether and when it will release more water downstream to rice farmers in the coming year. For StateImpact Texas, KUT’s Mose Buchele has the details.

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