PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — The fifth break in Pflugerville’s waterline is fixed, but emergency water restrictions will not be lifted for at least 60 days.

Lake Pflugerville levels are going to take time to recover. Experts estimate it will take a minimum of 60 days to get Lake Pflugerville full enough for people to be able to start watering their yards and washing their cars. Currently, Pflugerville residents are restricted to indoor water use only.

Water is once again flowing from the Colorado River into Lake Pflugerville.

“I saw water flowing into the lake, and that’s encouraging,” said Matthew Carney, who lives on Lake Pflugerville.

Carney regularly makes the loop around Lake Pflugerville with Daisy. He is keeping a close eye on repairs to the raw waterline and construction of a new backup line.

“It is a supplement. It is a bigger, newer pipeline to keep the lake full,” said Carney.

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Padmaja and Raghu Bandreddi say it has been frustrating to see the lake level drop during the five breaks to the existing raw waterline.

“It’s very sad because we come here daily,” said Padmaja Bandreddi.

“One we can understand and two we can understand, but five is a little hard to understand,” said Raghu Bandreddi.

CBS Austin asked the City of Pflugerville if residents should expect ongoing breaks to the existing raw waterline that brings water from the Colorado River to the lake.

The City of Pflugerville replied with this statement: “These breaks are a result of ongoing construction of the secondary raw waterline, which will provide redundancy and additional flow to the lake from the Colorado River. The existing raw waterline is otherwise serviceable.”

The fix to the fifth break does not mean the city will immediately lift Stage 3 emergency water restrictions. Experts expect it will take at least 60 days to raise the lake level high enough for residents to water lawns.

“I have a nice green yard. I just put in about $600 worth of plants, but it is just one of those things that we must do,” said Carney.

The level at Lake Pflugerville is now 17 feet. The level will need to rise to 19 feet and stay there for three days before water restrictions will be eased.