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Water tracing dyes are often bright green to increase the visibility of the flow of water. They can help with determining how ...

During scheduled work earlier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, one of nine gates at Longhorn Dam failed to close, causing the Lady Bird Lake level to begin dropping. The cause of the failure is under ...

Lady Bird Lake water levels in Austin dropped two feet below normal level after a gate at Longhorn Dam failed during ...

Lady Bird Lake's water level dropped by about 2 feet on Tuesday. If you went out for a walk along Lady Bird Lake on Tuesday afternoon you might have noticed the water level was lower than usual. Muddy ...

Willie Pipkin is a lifelong resident of Austin, Texas, where he plays guitar for a living. But his real passion is bass ...

St. Patrick's day might be a month away, but Austin's downtown waterway isn't going green to celebrate. Austinites might've ...

A largemouth bass recently caught in Downtown Austin might just be a new state record. On Wednesday, Austin resident Willie Pipkin reeled in a largemouth bass weighing 14.05 pounds with a 27.75-inch ...

A gate at Longhorn Dam malfunctioned and remained open, causing Lady Bird Lake water levels to drop, Austin Water reported Tuesday afternoon. Austin Water said one of the nine gates at Longhorn ...

More problems were found in Lady Bird Lake after a malfunctioning gate at Longhorn Dam caused a rapid drop in water levels. Now, the city is working to get water levels back up ...

Water levels at a popular Central Texas lake saw a sudden drop this week due to a floodgate issue. Lady Bird Lake levels in Austin dropped two feet below normal level after a gate at Longhorn Dam ...