Protecting the Highland Lakes

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or all who live at and vacation on Lake Travis, environmental stewardship is one of our greatest responsibilities – and greatest honors. This is our lake, your lake. The decisions we make today affect the life, panoramas, and recreation of tomorrow.

Lake Travis is more than a sun-drenched dedication to water sports and outdoor pursuits: Ours is the largest of the Highland Lakes and an irreplaceable natural resource, supplying water to more than two million Central Texas homes and powering the economic engine of Texas tourism.

What?

Our resources must be protected. The Central Texas Water Coalition (CTWC) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for Lake Travis – and for you, whether you’re here for a visit or to stay. Among other projects, the CTWC: • Encourages responsible water management policies that minimize fire risks, risks to the drinking water supply, and adverse economic impacts from very low lake levels; • Supports equitable water pricing, to encourage conservation; and • Promotes the use of scientific data in water management decision-making.

Why?

Water is the source of life. And, while it can almost seem like there’s a never-ending supply – just open the tap, right? – the reality is that Texas’ population growth, paired with unreliable rainfall, will pose a serious threat to our drinking water supply, public health and safety, and the economy.

How You Can Help

We can’t control rainfall but we can modify our behaviors. We can plan for the future. We can advocate for responsible and forward-thinking water resources management. And we can be trustworthy stewards of Lake Travis, during floods, droughts, and our more populous new normal.

The CTWC coalition partners with more than 3,000 Texas residents, businesses, local government representatives, property owner associations, environmental interests, and concerned citizens – all, united through a shared commitment to protect our future through responsible water management and conservation. Will you join us?

For more information or to support CTWC, visit: CentralTexasWaterCoalition.org