The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) provides an easy way for people to sign up for alerts when flood operations are beginning at LCRA dams along and near the lower Colorado River.
LCRA’s free Floodgate Operations Notification Service (FONS) notifies subscribers via text, email and/or a phone call when flood operations are imminent or underway. The service has been available for years during flood operations at Buchanan, Inks, Starcke, Wirtz, Mansfield and Tom Miller dams along the Highland Lakes in Central Texas. Beginning in July, subscribers also may sign up for alerts for floodgate operations at Bastrop Dam on Lake Bastrop.
FONS alerts are activated only for the initial flood operations at a particular dam, not for subsequent changes or gate closings, and are not a flood warning system.
For more information or to complete the
online registration, visit
LCRA.org/FONS. It can take up to 30 days for a registration to become active.
Source: LCRA Business News
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