A joint effort by PLDA, FOLM, and CULP: Keeping everyone who lives on (or recreates on) our lakes safe is something all of us share. Today the Preserve Lake Dunlap Association, Friends of Lake McQueeney, and Citizens United for Lake Placid have submitted a joint letter to Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher, Comal County Judge Kristen Hoyt, and the Commissioners Courts of both counties to thank them for their service and offer our combined help to ensure every resident and v

Reposted from Member Communication on August 2, 2024 Dear Neighbors, As most of you know, PLDA stepped up to do extraordinary things in the formation of the plan that resulted in our lake being restored. As the water impoundment date approached, PLDA spent significant proportions of their reserves to remove trees and other debris from the common areas of the lake, uninhabited islands, and more. The goal at that time was clear. PLDA wanted the lake to be safer than it ha

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