Water
Bell County's drinking water comes from two Army Corps reservoirs
Most Bell County municipal water comes from Lake Belton and Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir through the Brazos River Authority and Bell County WCID No. 1.
Bell County's urban communities get most of their drinking water from two surface reservoirs: Lake Belton on the Leon River and Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir on the Lampasas River. Both are owned by the federal government and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers primarily for flood control and water supply. The Brazos River Authority holds the water rights and contracts water to local utilities.
Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, or WCID No. 1, is the largest municipal customer of the Brazos River Authority. It distributes treated water to Fort Hood, Killeen, Harker Heights, Belton, Copperas Cove, and several smaller water supply corporations. The district serves more than 250,000 people and can treat over 107 million gallons per day.
During severe droughts, both reservoirs can drop significantly. The region has experienced multiple drought stages in past decades. If you get water from a city or WCID in Bell County, watch for drought contingency stages from your water provider, which can trigger mandatory conservation restrictions. For current lake levels, TWDB maintains water level data at twdb.texas.gov.
Source to confirm: USACE – Belton Lake Information