Cedar Park , Leander and Round Rock plan to remove water from Lake Travis and take it to the Brazos River watershed.  Williamson County is not in the Lower Colorado River Basin , the original LCRA Service Area.  How did this happen? [click here ]

Secondly, Cedar Park and Leander have weak conservation policies in place and no reuse infrastructure.  Round Rock does pipe treated wastewater to Forest Creek Golf Course.  It has nothing else.  All the water these 3 Williamson County cities remove from Lake Travis will be dumped into Brushy Creek that flows into the Brazos River and out to the Gulf of Mexico.  These 3 cities should be concentrating on conservation and reusing what they have before they spend near $400,000,000 on taking more water from Lake Travis .

Third, the near $400 million of the project comes from our state money and will be repaid through increased water bills in the three cities.   These 3 cities are making current rate payers pay for future growth.  Leander is paying for 47% of the project with only 15% of the population.  The people of Leander are bracing for enormous water bills. 

Fourth, all three cities are paying a 50% reservation fee on water they are not using.  Leander’s reservation fee is over $1 million a year.  Round Rock is also paying over $1 million per year.