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TEXAS / COKE COUNTY

Robert Lee

At riskRestored May 22, 2012
Robert Lee, Texas
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Population (2020)
1,027
Announced
August 2011
Cause
surface water
Where
31.90°N, 100.49°W

What happened, and when

Every dated water event the register holds for Robert Lee, newest first, each with the sources that document it.

  1. Restored

    Restored

    The emergency pipeline from the City of Bronte water system went into service at about 200,000 gallons a day, and Robert Lee has bought treated water from Bronte since.

  2. At riskon the card

    At risk: what happened

    Robert Lee drew its water from E.V. Spence Reservoir, which fell below one percent of capacity in the 2011 drought and became too salty to treat. In August 2011 city officials said that under severe restrictions the town had enough water only until March 2012; the regional water district stopped pumping from Spence that September, and by early 2012 the city was drawing the last of a 1950s stock tank. A 12-mile emergency pipeline from Bronte, funded by state grants and loans, began delivering water in May 2012.