 Waterfest 2009 |
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Water District 17, whose headquarters is on Eck Lane, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this month. Part of that celebration was the third annual Waterfest trade show and lunch for all WCID17 customers. The goal of Waterfest is education, and the purpose is to provide WCID17 customers with information on where our water comes from, how to use it wisely, and how to conserve it.
Some 400 persons came to the Hudson Bend Middle School on Saturday, May 2nd to enjoy complimentary barbeque, shuttle tours of WCID17 water treatment plant, educational exhibits, children's activities, vehicle ID etching, live music and door prizes.
The Highland Lakes Group booth offered copies of Water Matters newsletters. Booth visitors were invited to participate in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate for a meal at the Steiner Ranch Steakhouse. The winner of the drawing was Renee Morrison.
As shown in the photos, HLG booth visitors included both walking water drops and actual people.
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Modeling Water Quality |
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For decades, LCRA has used computer models to predict the effect on the water supply of various proposed changes in the way the lakes are managed. Now, as a result of five years of work on the part of LCRA staff and supporting consultants, LCRA can also use computer modeling to predict the effect on water clarity resulting from possible future changes in the pollutants entering the Lake Travis watershed. In other words, the project enables LCRA staff to predict the impact on water clarity in Lake Travis (a) if some new point source (new wastewater plant with a discharge permit) were to materialize near Lake Travis, (b) of the impact of future urbanization near the lake, or (c) from new pollutants entered the lake's watershed from upstream of the lakes.
Lake Travis is one of only a small number of lakes in Texas which has a no-discharge rule. That is, wastewater plants around Lake Travis are required to dispose of their treated effluent by irrigating golf courses, medians or vacant woodlands rather than discharging the treated effluent into the lake. The new computer model is capable of predicting the impact on algae growth due to the additional loading of phosphorous and nitrogen which would result from a future lifting of the discharge ban.
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