Lake Livingston Flooding 2025
Lake Livingston Flooding 2025. The lake livingston dam is currently under an urgent warning called a potential failure watch. about 70% of water in the city of houston comes from the trinity river. Flooding has begun to encroach on subdivisions surrounding the lake to the east and west, evacuation crews began making their final calls for people seeking assistance.
Although lake livingston are more than 80 miles away from downtown houston, millions of people could be left dry if something were to happen to the lake’s supply of water. Lake livingston was constructed in 1969 by the trinity river authority (tra) to provide drinking water to four counties plus the city of houston.