Major West Texas lake could become multi-million-dollar mud hole
Texas' downward spiral into the latest drought is threatening to wipe out a precious resource in West Texas.
Man-made reservoirs, essential to providing water for that region of the state, have suffered the most from severe droughts in the past. And now Lake Alan Henry, which provides drinking water to Lubbock, may face the same fate as Lake Meredith.
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports the lake lost about 4 billion gallons of water to evaporation in 2011. Annually, the city only takes in roughly 2 million.
It's a problem that has city officials worried about how much a solution could cost, and how it would bear those costs on top of already high expenses. It means the $245 million spent creating Lake Alan Henry could go down the drain if the reservoir turns into another mud hole, according to the A-J.
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