Floodgate operations underway at multiple Highland Lakes dams

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Floodgate operations are underway along the Highland Lakes chain. Updates regarding the dams can be found below.

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  • Buchanan Dam at Lake Buchanan: No floodgate operations are expected.
  • Inks Dam at Inks Lake: Flow over the spillway is not expected (Inks Dam has no floodgates).
  • Wirtz Dam at Lake LBJ: Multiple floodgates are open.
  • Starcke Dam at Lake Marble Falls: Multiple floodgates are open.
  • Mansfield Dam at Lake Travis: Hydrogeneration to pass floodwaters will begin this afternoon. A single gate will be opened at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, and a second gate will be opened at 1 p.m.
  • Tom Miller Dam in Austin: A floodgate will be opened Friday afternoon to pass floodwater downstream.
  • Bastrop Dam in Bastrop: No floodgate operations are expected.

Video shows water rapidly flowing through Starcke Dam on Friday:…

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