The real footage of Canyon Lake, Texas as of 5-3-24. 

It’s definitely not a product of cycle of life. It’s a product of unbridled development with no eye toward consequences. Every county, the state and all the folks in between could care less about the Texas water table. Build, build, build. Tax, tax, tax. Every beautiful water hole I used to swim in is now dry. It’s sad and it’s a shame. The culprits are still in office. When I went to UT we used to take a country drive to Salt Lick. It’s all houses and businesses now. Uncontrolled growth is the reason, not a natural cycle

As a life long Texan, I hate what has happened to our beautiful state.

You are providing a public service by presenting this water crisis. Thank you !

The Guadalupe is mostly spring fed, which is why the water is so cold year around. The aquifers have been dropping steadily, and a couple of decades ago they were worried about too much ground water being removed since even at that time the river levels dropped to all time recorded lows. As more water is removed from the aquifers, the river will continue to dry up. Floods and rains will fix the problems temporarily, but not permanently, as it takes hundreds of years to replenish the deep water levels.

Thank you Sir for taking the time to make this video.

Every drought ends w a flood. Welcome to central Texas y’all

I support 300% Income Tax on people moving from California To Texas. Annually !

The primary purpose of this lake (and the Highland lakes and Lake Medina) is to help prevent massive flood waves from flooding cities like New Braunfels, Austin, and San Antonio in a region known as Flash Flood Alley. Secondary uses are surface water supply and recreational activities. The Hill Country and Edward’s Plateau are in a multi-year drought, so Canyon, Buchanan, Travis, and Medina are all low. Like we just saw on Stillhouse, Belton, and Whitney (earlier in the year) it just takes one or two major rain events for these lakes to fill. Even Buchanan added over 100,000 acre feet of water with the latest rain event last week. Hopefully more rain will fall and fall further south before we get into the hot summer!

I lived outside of Comfort Texas back in the 70's and I remember the Guadalupe River not flowing for several years. Then in 1978 a major flood corrected all that and it will again. It's all just a matter of time.

When the subject of water conservation pops up, everyone says we don't need it. The day the water runs out, they will pout.

Been getting my feet wet, fishing, diving, and snorkeling in Canyon since 1963!

Reflect on this fact: Canyon Lake was completely full just over 2 years ago (Dec '21 - Jan '22). It's dropped 23 feet in 2.5 years. That's crazy, and I wonder if that is a first for that amount of loss. Seems to me it has to be growth related. I hope no more water rights have been granted / sold because Canyon Lake obviously can't support it, the way it looks. I remember when San Antonio was considering buying water from Canyon Lake. I don't know how that ended up. It's not just a function of local usage, but also usage throughout the Guadalupe River basin.

Thanks for sharing . We sold our lake house three years ago. Really enjoyed our time there.

I live in the area.... so sad that the lake is at the lowest point it has ever been. Too many straws trying to suck out of it...😢

The months of April and May are when we see the major rains to fill the river. The Guadalupe all the way up to Kerrville has not seen a good rain in over 2 years. The lake loses less than a foot a month, and without any rain in 2 years........=22ft. It's just bad luck that a good storm hasn't set itself over the sweet spot. Most other areas of Texas have been blessed. These small fast moving storms won't cut it.

Thank you for posting this. Our house overlooks boat ramp one. Been here 43 years, this is DEF the worst/ lowest its ever been... ever:(

Not enough rain combined with to many people.

I'm going to make a bold prediction that we'll soon see a lot of rain and flooding. I remember the late 90's flooding. Sad to see Canyon, Travis, and Medina the way they are.

I saw a water conservation video many years ago that said someday water in Texas will be more expensive than oil.

I grew up on the Guadalupe a few miles downstream from that bridge. My dad sold his house there in 2020. It will end in a major flood. 15-20" of rain up on the divide between Hunt & Mountain Home should do the trick. When it's really blowing you can run a jet ski from there up to sisterdale.