exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

For a massive operation involving the movement of millions of cubic yards of silt, the dredging at Lake Worth is a surprisingly quiet project.

Due to safety concerns, Keep Lewisville Beautiful has postponed its annual Trinity Trash Bash clean up.  The event was originally scheduled for 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday; it will now be held at the same time Nov. 17. KLB made the decision to postpone the event because of West Nile virus concerns.

In an ongoing dispute over the sale and purchase of wholesale electric power, a Travis district judge handed the Lower Colorado River Authority a small victory Friday when he ruled the nonprofit utility could sue the city of Georgetown.

Editor’s note: Last week we had a column from the LCRA about its ongoing issues with several cities, including Seguin. Today we publish a response from Seguin Mayor Betty Ann Matthies.

Here’s your chance to show off your photographic talent and enter your pictures of the Trinity River corridor’s natural beauty in a unique contest. The Trinity River Photo Contest is free to people of all ages.

The city has been under a contract for about 20 years with Veolia Water for water and wastewater services. However, after years of discolored water and problems in the water and wastewater treatment plants, the council decided to take back operation of its services.

Burnet County commissioners and other Highland Lakes stakeholders Tuesday were briefed on the findings and results of a county-commissioned economic impact study and were told there is hard data that shows lake fluctuations, especially long-term droughts, have tremendous negative consequences for Burnet and Llano counties.

The old joke about wanna-be football players (“He’s not very big, but he makes up for it by being slow”) can be applied to the proposed Lake Columbia.When compared to some Texas Lakes, Lake Columbia, if it’s ever built, will not be large. It will have about 95 miles of shoreline and a volume of 195,000 acre feet. If and when constructed, an earthen-style dam (with above-grade fill) will be 6,800 feet long and just under 70 feet high.

The flurry of recent news releases and articles about some electric utilities’...