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Hays County Commissioners Approve Water Plan

Hays County commissioners have approved a plan to bolster the area's water supply, but legal issues remain to be solved.

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Trees that were once mostly submerged are now high and dry in the southwestern portion of O.H. Ivie Reservoir southeast of Ballinger Texas. The reservoir is less than 30 percent full, as of April 20 2011.
Credit: Robert W. Hart

Hays County commissioners have approved a plan to bolster the area's water supply, but legal issues remain to be solved, as reported by Community Impact Newspaper. The plan, which will cost the county $1 million a year, would reserve 45,000 acre-feet of water in Lee and Bastrop counties. However, there is currently no pipeline to bring in the water.

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