Recently the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority voted to reduce the allocation of Lake Meredith's water to Lubbock and its other member cities by 5 percent. City water utility engineer Ches Carthel said "the city typically uses 90 percent to 95 percent of its CRMWA allocation anyway, so the cut does not appear too serious from one point of view." However, because Lake Meredith is in serious drought, the lake level has reached a record low of 63.05 feet …showed first 75 words of 1255 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1255 total…significant amount of money and the water could still run out eventually if there is no rain. Therefore, the most feasible solution overall would be to conserve what water we have, but this is the best solution at the moment because even if we are to conserve all the water without rain it could still deplete. Hence, the fact that conservation alone will not help in 50-100 years, Lubbock must still look into other sources.