Cutting off Matagorda Bay’s Water is Unwise and Inconsistent with Texas Law
Previously, we posted about LCRA’s decision to seek emergency authorization from TCEQ to allow them to diverge from their Water Management Plan and suspend river flows to Matagorda Bay LCRA submitted their request to TCEQ on Thursday, September 26th. We will lay out the process at TCEQ in another post. Our current guess is that TCEQ may not take action on the request until mid-late October. This request is unprecedented and should be approached with an abundance of caution. It is important to know the water in question here is to provide “critical flows” to Matagorda Bay. This minimal level of freshwater inflows is designed to provide a sanctuary area near the mouth of the...
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