DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Now, on to other weather news, the hot and dry conditions that have turned the West into a tinder box are especially severe in Texas. Most of the state has been declared a disaster area. CNN's Charles Zewe says that the town of Electra, which is near Dallas, may even run out of drinking water this summer.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Scattered rainfall events throughout the state, some of them fairly substantial, some good accumulations, good amounts. But, statewide, we're still in a very critical water supply state.</s>CHARLES ZEWE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Near Austin, the water level at Lake Travis is at a 15-year low, leaving marina operators high and dry. So acute is the concern about water supplies that the Guadelupe River in central Texas is being patrolled to make sure none of its water is illegally siphoned off.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The problem is when you simply hit a point where your supply has dwindled to the point that you've got days left, literally. In this business, 100 days out is a serious situation.</s>ZEWE: In water-threatened Throckmortan (ph), Texas, which was down to 60 days of water a month ago, work is nearing completion on an emergency water line to a neighboring community. Sixty miles away, in Electra, workers are rushing to finish a reverse osmosis water purification system that will allow the town to re-open 10 wells, shut down a decade ago because of contamination. Electra water commissioner Glen Branch (ph), says the crisis has taught townspeople a lesson.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought many a times, how could I be so dumb, that there'll always be water. But you know, situations like this is what wakes people up.</s>ZEWE: Charles Zewe, CNN, Dallas.
Texas Drought: Electra Faces Drinking Water Shortage