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According to the Texas State Historical Association, the lower Texas Colorado River Basin holds a long history of devastation by...

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Austin luxury homes can be located on hillsides with panoramic views, on the shorelines of Lake Austin and Lake Travis,...

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This year's drought finally has forced Lake Travis to close its last boat ramp. The ramp at Mansfield Dam was...

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The Austin City Council voted today to consider what the costs would be to halt construction on Water Treatment Plant No. 4 for five or more years.

The resolution passed 5-2 with Mayor Lee Leffingwell and council member Mike Martinez voting against the measure.

As of June the project has cost the city $123 million.

Costs currently under contract or already spent total $427 million of the $508 million project, and the plant will be completed in 2014 if construction continues.

Yesterday was spent with friends old and new out at Lake Travis. We rented a pontoon boat from VIP Marina... (via Barb&Jo)

This past weekend was the pirate-themed techno dance party on Lake Travis. The boat was provided by Beach Front Boat...

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People, just in case you were wondering, it has never been safe to go back in the water, but that's part of the fun, right?

Once again, the fearless freaks over at the Alamo Drafthouse want to float you out into the middle of Lake Travis and then terrorize your from the depths below with their water-bound Rolling Roadshow, featuring everyone's favorite cartilege-clad oceanic demon, JAWS.

(We're sure you really love ORCA, but that's not what's showing, so can it.) Tickets are $19 and include your float.

The Aquapalooza Web site has announced that country music star Brad Paisley will headline the event on July 10 on Lake Travis.

The concert, which plays to thousands of boaters, but no land-lubbers, will be held at mile marker 22 at The Reserve at Lake Travis, near Pace Bend. Here are more details.

The Sail & Ski Center in Lakeway will be co-hosting the event.

Last year’s Aquapalooza signature event, held in Lake Martin, Ala., brought in an estimated 35,000 people.

Alan Jackson headlined.

The fourth annual Green Potato Ventures/Austinist/Party Ends Summer Extrav-O-Ganza boat party on is Thursday, August 27th.

We're making this one a ditch-day affair, so take a half day, have a friend cover your shift, or just play hooky and join us aboard The Ark for an afternoon of beer, burgers, and bands in the middle of Lake Travis.