Texas and Dams

[tigerscowboy]

To those that live on these waters, affected by the delays, or have direct information on the production plans...

Any of these dam failures and demo? Schedules for replacement?

Seems this is a much bigger issue than the media is being allowed to report.

[35remington]

[TreyRo]

LOL

I'm going to assume we are talking about the Lakes controlled by the GRBA.

[Dale Moser]

Maybe a link...picture...smoke signal?

[hgiles]

Plda.org will give you plenty of info


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[TexasTealHunter]

Are you speaking of Lake Dunlap and the lakes below it? I heard or read somewhere on here that there was no plan to repair. drain all lakes below the break.

[Perkins7581]

Lol

[manwitaplan]

Are you speaking of Lake Dunlap and the lakes below it? I heard or read somewhere on here that there was no plan to repair. drain all lakes below the break.

Same thing i read. It is too costly with no funds available.


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[hunting270]

And judge has stopped GBRA temporary from draining the lakes below Dunlap.
They installed several large pumps on Dunlap that run 24-7 and the noise is very irritating, especially at night.

[WCB]

Never heard of a lake Dunlap...

[hully1029]

I, with all honesty, thought this was a TEXANS AND RAMS game thread.. just started with too much makers..

[Radar]

Never heard of a lake Dunlap...

Its a mud hole now with high dollar homes built around it. Was built by Guadalupe Blanco River Authority back in the 30's for hydroelectric. They quit using the power plant years ago and the dam busted out back in the summer. Lake was not built for flood control. The folks that live around it want GBRA or the state to fix it to maintain their property values and recreational use. GBRA has no plans to repair the dams because there is no use for them anymore, they were supposed to drain all the lakes down by 13 ft this month but a judge stopped it yesterday. GBRA wanted to drain the lakes down for liability reasons.

GBRA had a series of small lakes built on the Guadalupe for hydro electric but they have quit using all the power plants years ago. The dams are old and need replaced or tore down. Lakes Dunlap, Mcqueeny, Placid, Meadow, Gonzales and Wood. Lake Wood dam broke in 2016 and Dunlap in 2019. Just a matter of time before the rest fail.

Mcqueeny lake has been closed to the public for a few years now, the residents there do not want any public access, its considered their private lake, they even have a Yacht Club. There is a lot of mixed feelings about fixing or draining among the local folks. The price tag to repair all the dams is in the tens of millions per dam.

[S-3 Ranch]

Its a mud hole now with high dollar homes built around it. Was built by Guadalupe Blanco River Authority back in the 30's for hydroelectric. They quit using the power plant years ago and the dam busted out back in the summer. Lake was not built for flood control. The folks that live around it want GBRA or the state to fix it to maintain their property values and recreational use. GBRA has no plans to repair the dams because there is no use for them anymore, they were supposed to drain all the lakes down by 13 ft this month but a judge stopped it yesterday. GBRA wanted to drain the lakes down for liability reasons.

GBRA had a series of small lakes built on the Guadalupe for hydro electric but they have quit using all the power plants years ago. The dams are old and need replaced or tore down. Lakes Dunlap, Mcqueeny, Placid, Meadow, Gonzales and Wood. Lake Wood dam broke in 2016 and Dunlap in 2019. Just a matter of time before the rest fail.

Mcqueeny lake has been closed to the public for a few years now, the residents there do not want any public access, its considered their private lake, they even have a Yacht Club. There is a lot of mixed feelings about fixing or draining among the local folks. The price tag to repair all the dams is in the tens of millions per dam.

Yeah tax everyone so a few rich people can be the only ones to have access
Kinda like a country club needing to tax to stay open

[88 Bound]

Yeah tax everyone so a few rich people can be the only ones to have access
Kinda like a country club needing to tax to stay open

Your point is valid and I agree, but that situation is only specific to 1 of the 6 lakes mentioned. The rest have public access.

[Still Hunter]

And judge has stopped GBRA temporary from draining the lakes below Dunlap.
They installed several large pumps on Dunlap that run 24-7 and the noise is very irritating, especially at night.

The generators running 24/7 feeding those temporary pumps should be gone in about 10 days. They have built a new pump station in the canal going to the original pump station. They are working feverishly to get the new Pump Station on-line. If all goes well with the operation of the new submersible pumps you might be sleeping all night very soon.