Since the lake was filled and hydroelectric operations were put back in service on Oct. 31, people immediately downstream from the dam say the water level of their section of river, which is largely bypassed by a canal for hydroelectric power, has started drying up.

The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority is investigating a failed spill gate at Lake Placid after it failed to operate on the heels of the recent flooding event.

The facelift of Lake Dunlap Dam has made some major progress since a spill gate failure in May 2019.

Construction to restore a dam at Lake Dunlap has been approved exactly two years after a spill gate failure caused the lake to drop 7 feet.

GUADALUPE VALLEY LAKES, Texas – A settlement has been reached in one of the court cases regarding Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the property owners along the Guadalupe Valley lakes. The GBRA owns the six dams that create the Guadalupe Valley Lakes system and the waters within the lakes. Those lakes include Lake Dunlap, Lake McQueeny, Lake Placid, Meadow Lake, Lake Gonzales and Lake Wood. In August 2019, the GBRA announced that Lake Gonzales, Meadow Lake, Lake Placid and Lake McQueeney would be drained due to concerns over aging dams. Watch exact moment of partial dam failure at Lake DunlapLake Gonzales was expected to be dewatered first, followed by Meadow Lake, Lake Placid and Lake McQueeney.