The future of the Lampasas water supply

historical feature -- part 3

  • File photo This photo ran in the Dec. 20, 1986 edition of the Lampasas Dispatch Record. Jack Montgomery, at left, president of Kempner Water Supply Corp., and Mayor Henry V. Campbell turn the water tap on for the first time, sending Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir water through the lines to Lampasas.
    File photo This photo ran in the Dec. 20, 1986 edition of the Lampasas Dispatch Record. Jack Montgomery, at left, president of Kempner Water Supply Corp., and Mayor Henry V. Campbell turn the water tap on for the first time, sending Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir water through the lines to Lampasas.
    EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of history topics. This concludes his three-part story on the Lampasas water supply. In July 1974, the board of directors of the Upper Lampasas River Municipal Water District told the City Council, “Unless Lampasas finds another water source, the city may have problems, adding to present ones.” ...

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