Lake Travis

Rising Tide: High Lake Travis level leads to local business boom

Several businesses have opened or expanded throughout Lake Travis as owners utilize high lake levels this summer

By Nick Brothers
Posted 7/13/17

In July 2013, Lake Travis, the reservoir lake that provides drinking water for the Austin metro area, was a low 625 feet deep in the dead heat of a lingering drought.

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