Press Releases - 2004

December 2004

• GBRA Directors elect Schneider, Wilson and McLeroy as 2005 Board Officers

November 2004

• Water levels to fluctuate on area lakes
• GBRA recommends water testing for those using wells adjacent to area lakes

October 2004

• GBRA awards Volunteer of the Year To Jerry Sharp

September 2004

• Judge upholds City of Bulverde's right to provide retail water to city's service area; Rules against Bexar Metropolitan Water District
• GBRA Western Canyon Project upheld in ruling by Judge Ferguson; FOCL motions denied
• GBRA Lake Wood Recreation Area hosts Kidfish event on September 25

August 2004

• GBRA statement in response to SAWS Letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• GBRA schedules maintenance on Lake Dunlap dam; Lake level To fluctuate for several weeks
• Canyon Reservoir release rate decreased Aug 18 through Aug 22
• Canyon Reservoir release rate decreased
• Luling Water Plant switches to use of chloramines in treatment process
• Eastern Hays County stakeholders to hold first meeting

July 2004

• Canyon Reservoir release rate adjusted to 500 cfs through August 2
• Bill West's statement regarding intervention on Voting Rights Act towards Bexar Met
• Canyon Reservoir release rate reduced
• River Safety Notice
• Corps of Engineers decreases Canyon Reservoir release rate July 17 - July 18

June 2004

• Corps reduces Canyon release to 400 cfs due to downstream flows
• New Directors appointed to GBRA Board
• Corps of Engineers announces Canyon releases for remainder of June through July 4th Holiday
• Western Canyon Project delayed; FOCL lawsuit forces cities to pay debt service months before delivery of water
• Corps of Engineers increases Canyon Reservoir 3,500 to 4,000 cfs
• Corps of Engineers decreases Canyon Reservoir June 10 - June 13
• Effects from oil spill minor at Luling Water Treatment Plant
• GBRA announces Canyon Reservoir release rate to 500 cfs through Sunday, June 13
• Entries for Annual GBRA-Coleto Creek Reservoir Bowhunt Drawing nears
• GBRA awards scholarship to Navarro High School Graduate
• GBRA awards scholarship to Memorial Grad
• GBRA awards scholarships to Downey and Simper
• GBRA awards scholarship to Dripping Springs Graduate
• Corps of Engineers announces Canyon releases for June 1-6

May 2004

• Corps of Engineers announces Canyon releases for Memorial Day weekend & beginning of June
• GBRA will treat pond below Dunlap dam to control hydrilla
• Corps of Engineers announces Canyon releases for end of May
• Corps of Engineers decreases Canyon Reservoir to 400 cfs for weekend
• Lake Placid to be lowered Sunday, May 9 through Friday, May 14
• GBRA schedules Aquatic Vegetation Management Plan treatment at Coleto Creek Reservoir for May 17
• Second Annual Coleto Creek Photo Contest deadline May 24

April 2004

• Corps of Engineers will increase Canyon release rate to 2,900 cfs April 30; then 3,500 cfs May 1-7
• 11th Annual GBRA-Coleto Creek Kid's Fishing Tournament set for June 5
• Corps of Engineers increases Canyon Reservoir release rate
• Corps decreases Canyon release rate to 180 cfs
• Corps of Engineers decreases Canyon Reservoir to 1,600 today
• Corps of Engineers increases Canyon Reservoir release rate
• Corps of Engineers increases Canyon Reservoir release rate Friday

March 2004

• GBRA employees complete "Our Day to Shine" volunteer project in San Marcos
• GBRA hosts basin-wide Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee meeting in Seguin

February 2004

• Lake Placid (TP-4) inspection postponed
• Lake Placid to be lowered February 10 & 16

January 2004

• GBRA Directors elect Wilson, Schneider and McLeroy as 2004 Board Officers
• Lake Placid returns to normal level Jan 10