The Pipe Creek Volunteer Fire Department will more than double its storage capacity for water to use in fighting fires with the help of an $8,760 grant for new water tanks from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bandera Electric Cooperative.The LCRA Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $2,500 in matching funds from the VFD, will enable the department to buy and install two new 3,400-gallon concrete water storage tanks.The department currently has two concrete water storage tanks that are both more than 30 years old and in need of repair – one can hold 3,500 gallons and the ...