Texas Highland Lakes

The Texas Highland Lakes are six reservoirs of the Texas Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country above and in Austin. They were built in the period 1935 to 1951 from the Lower Colorado River Authority, which they continue to operate. The reservoirs are used for flood control. All six lakes also produce electricity and are popular recreational areas. The two largest - Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan - also serve as great drinking and industrial water reservoirs. Together, the lakes have a regular capacity of 2.2 million acre -feet ( ≈ 2.84 km ³).

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The campus of Texas Tech University System in Marble Falls is named after the Lakes Highland Lakes campus.