Out of 1,939-acre-feet of water allocated to the City of Lamesa by the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA), only 1,125-acre-feet was taken by the city in 2018. “That means there was 813 acre-feet that we paid for but didn’t get,” Mayor Josh Stevens said in response to a report by Cris Norris, who represents the City of Lamesa on the CRMWA board, at this past Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. That information just emphasizes how important it was for the city to be awarded a grant this past August, the mayor said, that will allow the city to construct of a ...