The PLDA Board wants our members and neighbors across Lakes Dunlap, McQueeney, and Placid to know about two requests we’ve recently brought to GBRA. Working alongside the Boards of Friends of Lake McQueeney and Citizens United for Lake Placid, we asked GBRA to consider publishing basic, real-time information about spillway gate activity at the three dams — especially during high-water events — so residents have a reliable place to check what’s happening on the river. Seco

As you may recall, GBRA suspended collection of the $600 fee associated with construction permits along the hydrolakes in 2019 following the failure at Lake Dunlap. However, adjacent property owners planning to construct or modify a dock or other waterfront structure on a GBRA-owned hydroelectric lake have still been required to obtain GBRA approval (and other applicable permits, approvals, requirements) before beginning construction. Effective September 1, 2026, GBRA will

Summary & Full Q&A with New Braunfels Utilities Dear PLDA Members, Thank you for your continued care for Lake Dunlap. We're writing to share an important update on the May 27, 2026 sanitary sewer overflow at New Braunfels Utilities' (NBU) Rio Bar Screen Facility located at 470 Rio Drive, along with the complete set of questions PLDA posed to NBU and the answers their leadership provided (attached). At the outset, we want to be candid: PLDA was deeply concerned to learn of the