Press Releases - 2005

December 2005

• GBRA Directors elect McLeroy, Schneider and Grier as 2006 Board Officers
• GBRA awards Volunteer of the Year to Randy Worden

November 2005

• GBRA, Sustainable Water Resources LLC announce major public/private water supply project for Central Texas growth corridor
• GBR Trust receives historic San Marcos River water rights for benefit of all users

October 2005

• GBRA establishes temporary restrictions on "Water Toys" towed recreation devices on area lakes enforced by GBRA
• Lake McQueeney to be lowered October 30 for repairs
• Statement by Bill West, GM - Lower Guadalupe Water Supply Project to be reconfigured: Environmental studies to proceed; Groundwater to be dropped
• Ribbon cutting held for Water Transmission Project; Luling and Lockhart create partnership for new water supply

September 2005

• Lake Placid gates operable if needed
• GBRA Board statement responding to D.M. O'Connor interests letter of September 12, 2005; Released by Bill West, GBRA General Manager
• GBRA will treat Lake Wood Park slough to remove water hyacinth
• GBRA sets Canyon Reservoir release rate of 300 cfs through Labor Day weekend

August 2005

• GBRA Lake Wood Recreation Area hosts Kidfish event on September 17, 2005
• Statement on SAWS action regarding 2005 Water Resource Plan at their August 16 board meeting unanimously adopted by GBRA Board August 17 and released by General Manager Bill West

July 2005

• GBRA, SARA evaluate continuation of Bay and Estuary Environmental Studies
• Lake Placid refilled - Final gate repairs underway
• Utility workers put it "On the Line"; Texas Lineman Rodeo set for Saturday, July 16, in Seguin
• Report on Lake Placid gate repairs

June 2005

• GBRA sets Canyon Reservoir release rate of 250 cfs through July Fourth weekend
• 70 of 105 finish Texas Water Safari, the world's toughest boat race
• Port Lavaca Water Treatment Plant announces temporary modification to disinfection process
• Aug 26 deadline for Annual GBRA-Coleto Creek Reservoir Bowhunt Drawing
• Lake levels at Meadow Lake (Nolte) raised for weekend

May 2005

• GBRA awards scholarship to Rosas
• GBRA awards scholarship to Higgins
• GBRA awards scholarship to Humphrey
• GBRA awards scholarship to Ochoa
• GBRA awards scholarship to Ojeda
• GBRA awards scholarship to Renteria
• GBRA awards scholarship to Eddleton
• Meadow Lake (Nolte) repairs continue after holiday
• GBRA sets Canyon Reservoir release rate of 300 cfs through Memorial Day
• Meadow Lake (Nolte) repairs to be completed for Memorial Day weekend
• 12th Annual GBRA-Coleto Creek Kid's Fishing Tournament set for June 4th
• Meadow Lake (Nolte) to be lowered May 15 for routine maintenance
• Meadow Lake (Nolte) to be lowered May 8 for repairs

April 2005

• GBRA schedules Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan treatment at Coleto Creek Reservoir in May
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust and Upper Guadalupe River Authority sponsor land conservation workshop in Kerrville
• GBRA Board endorses 2005 National Drinking Water Week and Water Utilities Awareness Week
• GBRA successfully raises Lake Placid dam gates; Further repair may be needed
• Plans underway to open Lake Placid; Tentative date set for April 25
• GBRA Guadalupe River Basin Mitigation Action Plan receives final approval from FEMA
• GBRA's Coleto Creek Park will celebrate 25th Anniversary on April 23
• Work hours on TP-4 (Lake Placid) extended to complete phase 1 repairs

March 2005

• Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge sign supplemental water supply agreement for Myrtle Foester-Whitmire Unit and receive wetlands grant
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, U.S. Corps of Engineers tour Salt Water Barrier, Guadalupe River Delta
• Phase I of Lake Placid repairs to begin March 29
• GBRA's Coleto Creek Park will celebrate 25th Anniversary on April 23
• Media Advisory - Lake Placid update
• GBRA hosts basin-wide Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee meeting in Seguin on March 30

February 2005

• GBRA schedules repairs to Lake Placid (TP-4) spillgates
• GBRA lakes open to public February 17
• Lake McQueeney to be lowered Wednesday for repairs
• Third Annual Coleto Creek Photo Contest deadline April 18
• GBRA schedules public meeting for Northcliffe WWTP

January 2005

• GBRA hydro lakes closed to public use until February 17
• Lake Gonzales (H-4) to be lowered Sunday for repairs
• Dunlap, McQueeney and Meadow Lakes to be lowered for inspection beginning January 12