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Water, Olney Texas… Drought is persistent in Texas

Posted by on December 24, 2013

Site around water intake cleared out to allow continued pumping for Olney, Texas

Duration: 11-27-2013 – unknown

Affected Areas

Young County; Olney

Description

The area around the water intake in Lake Cooper was dug out and deepened to allow Olney, Texas to continue to withdraw water from Lake Cooper, which held 24 percent of its capacity on Nov. 21. Water from Lake Olney can be used if or when there was no longer enough water in Lake Cooper, but water from Lake Olney contains more silt, making it more expensive and difficult to treat. Olney still gets water from Lake Kickapoo, just as Wichita Falls does. Wichita Falls was at stage 4 drought restrictions because its primary water supplies fell to less than 30 percent of capacity. Olney Enterprise (Texas), Nov. 27, 2013

http://www.olneyenterprise.com/news/ci_24611157/level-lake-cooper-still-falling

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This town is a short distance west of Ft Worth.

Water like politics is a vey local issue. The lack of water is effecting people all over the state. Let’s do what we can to conserve and protect your water supplies. 

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