Lake ray hubbard

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So are they giving away boats yet?

[Captain Crawfish]

Springtime is on the way. I'm sure we will get lots of rain. Hopefully it fills up

[Chuck_Finley]

I believe that is up already - just not going to raise the lake level...

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/05/28/300-million-texoma-pipeline-operational/

...part of the reason I'm not getting a slip again when my lease expires. Water levels at Texoma and other lakes is too unpredictable.

"Officials told CBS 11 News that rain and conservation are the only solutions to the drought."

I really get sick of seeing this crap. We have enough brackish groundwater to satisfy the needs of our growing population, but not damn bit of effort has gone into trying to bring this solution online. Expensive? Hell yes. I figure nearly $1 billion would be needed for a desalination plant, but I look at as it's better than having ZERO water from dried up lakes.

[Ruffdaddy]

Or stop watering lawns And over developing

[krazy kris]

Hell out in Ranger they Don't have water sometimes and when they do it's unsafe to drink even with boiling. Now they raised the water rates, unbelievable.

[LANTIRN]

Or stop watering lawns And over developing

Watering lawns and washing vehicles is a huge one. Most towns in Phoenix had banned any non-native plants in yards when I lived there and your yard had to be done with native vegetation. That meant no lawns of grass; mainly rock, cactus, yucca, etc. It actually looked good because that is what phoenix was supposed to look like. I think Texas cities need to do this and probably shut down car washes. Not sure how you would ban overdeveloping, and not sure how much I would be in favor of it either. I mean, I understand the need to develop only as much as can be supported, but how does a State like Texas stop that? With a huge and growing economy do and can you ban people from moving to already heavily populated area? Sorry, town is full, move on. That is getting eerily close to the socialist preplanned economy and I don't like that. Plus I just don't know how you would go about doing it but I would love to hear what you were thinking exactly.

[Labora]

Cutting lawn watering alone would have a huge impact I would bet. Native plants should become more popular too.

Don't most of the bigger car washes recycle waste water?

[Frank]

I thought Dallas gets its water from Tawakoni and Lake Dallas? I didn't think any water was drawn off all these other lakes for consumption?

I was talking to some old timers about Hubbard what the area was like before the lake. It was called "The Bottoms". Besides cotton fields it was a popular recreation area for camping and hunting.

I noticed the other day coming across the lake on 66 looking SE, you can see the trees have a pattern to them where old roadbeds are starting to appear. I understand there was an old rail line that passed through as well.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Dallas gets water from all over the place, example they are starting to build a pipeline out to the lakes in Tyler

[Ruffdaddy]

Watering lawns and washing vehicles is a huge one. Most towns in Phoenix had banned any non-native plants in yards when I lived there and your yard had to be done with native vegetation. That meant no lawns of grass; mainly rock, cactus, yucca, etc. It actually looked good because that is what phoenix was supposed to look like. I think Texas cities need to do this and probably shut down car washes. Not sure how you would ban overdeveloping, and not sure how much I would be in favor of it either. I mean, I understand the need to develop only as much as can be supported, but how does a State like Texas stop that? With a huge and growing economy do and can you ban people from moving to already heavily populated area? Sorry, town is full, move on. That is getting eerily close to the socialist preplanned economy and I don't like that. Plus I just don't know how you would go about doing it but I would love to hear what you were thinking exactly.

Stop granting certain building permits Due to lack of natural resources...similar things are done in other industries with respect to corporations. Control the population density, or require alternative means of water for new projects as well or water treatment facilities. there are a lot of ways to handle it. I like a growing texas too...but not if it's going to break it.

[Treybiz]

-Pretty much any lake other than the ones in deep east texas are looooow.

-In our family we have a house on whitney and PK. PK dock is in a deep channel and hasn't seen water in 2-3 years. Whitney house just has a community beach/ramp and the wrong end of the ramp has been visible for about the same amount of time. Both lakes are still usable if you know the shallow spots but launching anything bigger than a jet ski or jon boat can be interesting. There are several large south and west texas lakes that are just puddles now.

-I've long been a fan of the Arizona style yard. We are actually about to pull out our ground cover that has been mostly dead for a few years and do rock/ native plants to save on water in the beds. The grass in the front has good tree cover so we don't have to water a whole ton and the back yard is just deck and dog trails.


-As far as giving boats away you'd be suprised. Buddy working the Boat Show said they are selling like hot cakes this week. And, I sold our I/O within a week for asking price.

[ceyko]

Yeah, there is some good history behind areas that are now underwater from the lakes.

With that said, I'm a fan of not having to have perfectly green lawns with perfect grass. Personally think that is yuppy bullshit. I maintain my lawn for easy of mowing, but I don't spend a lot of money on watering it.

[Treybiz]

Yeah, there is some good history behind areas that are now underwater from the lakes.

With that said, I'm a fan of not having to have perfectly green lawns with perfect grass. Personally think that is yuppy bullshit. I maintain my lawn for easy of mowing, but I don't spend a lot of money on watering it.

Same, we have a well planned out sprinkler system that doesn't use much but keeps the lawn nice. I've only watered one day a week just before daylight during the warm months for the last few years.

[ceyko]

Dallas gets water from all over the place, example they are starting to build a pipeline out to the lakes in Tyler

Yup...

Dallas Water Supply

Dallas currently obtains water from area reservoirs: Lake Ray Hubbard, Lake Lewisville, Lake Grapevine, Lake Ray Roberts and Lake Tawakoni. We also have plans to use Lake Fork and Lake Palestine in the future when water demands increase. All of Dallas' water supply comes from surface water (water from reservoirs or rivers). We do not use any ground water (water from wells), although Dallas does sit atop an aquifer.

http://www.dallascityhall.com/dwu/water_quality_information.html

[codsack]

I have $500 and a 93 jose canseco. who has a boat they want to get paid this shit for?