Watchdog encourages conservation to ease water woes

Submitted by highlander1 on Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:31am

By Phil Reynolds
Contributing Writer

Jo Karr Tedder had a message for Lake Buchanan Conservation Corp. (LBCC) members Wednesday, Jan. 15, and it probably wasn’t a message most of them wanted to hear.

Tedder is president and founder of the Central Texas Water Coalition, a volunteer non-profit organization whose mission is “to promote responsible water management policies, equitable pricing and greater conservation by all.”

The message: “The bottom line is we all have to meet our (water) needs and if people don’t just start conserving, it is going to get worse. That's just awful.”

Tedder pointed to a couple of conditions she said helped create Central Texas’ water problems. …

Find the rest of this story in the Tuesday, Jan. 21 issue of The Highlander, the newspaper of record for the Highland Lakes. To offer a comment or news tip, email lew@highlandernews.com. To subscribe to the newspaper, call 830-693-4367 or click here to subscribe to our e-Edition online.

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