Four Texas Lakes to Be Drained Because Risk of Dam Spillways Failing Is So High
At a Glance Spillway gates on the man-made lakes are 90 years old and beyond repair.Floodgates on two other lakes have already failed.The water authority said it would cost $179 million to fix all the dams. Four lakes along the Guadalupe River in Texas will be drained by the end of September after water officials decided spillway gates at the lakes are too dangerous to maintain. The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority made the decision in response to the May 14 collapse...