On the heels of a dam failure which occurred earlier this week at Lake Dunlap in Guadalupe County near New Braunfels, the city of San Marcos issued a statement to its residents on social media not to worry:
“As you may have seen in the news, a gate failure on Tuesday, May 14 caused Lake Dunlap to be drained. Lake Dunlap is the source for our surface water supply. From the city of San Marcos water customers’ standpoint, the dam failure will have no impact.”
The reason, according to the statement, is due to the foresight of past city leadership by diversifying the city’s water supply to include both surface water and groundwater sources. Because of this, the city can supply its customers with either supply exclusively or a blend of both sources.
