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Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?

Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?. Dr. Dan Hardin Director, Water Resource Planning Texas Water Development Board. How we plan?. Highlights of the State Water Plan. How many Texans will there be?. Projected Population Growth. How much water will we require? Projected Demand.

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Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?

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  1. Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough? Dr. Dan Hardin Director, Water Resource Planning Texas Water Development Board

  2. How we plan?

  3. Highlights of theState Water Plan

  4. How many Texans will there be?

  5. Projected Population Growth

  6. How much water will we require? Projected Demand

  7. How much water do we have? Projected Supply

  8. Water Supply Needs

  9. How to Get More Water? Volume from Water Management Strategies

  10. Unique Reservoir Sites

  11. State Water Management Strategies

  12. What will it cost to get enough water? Total capital costs : $30.98 billion

  13. What will it cost if we do nothing? • Businesses and workers: $9.1 billion in 2010, $98.4 billion in 2060 • Lost local and state taxes: $466 million in 2010, $5.4 billion in 2060 • About 85 percent of the state’s population will not have enough water by 2060 in drought of record

  14. Highlights of Region C Strategies • Municipal Conservation and Reuse (over 1 million acre-feet per year by 2050) • Connection of Existing Surface Water Supplies • Toledo Bend Reservoir • New Major Reservoirs - Marvin Nichols - Lake Fastrill - Lower Bois d’Arc - Ralph Hall • Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $ 13.2 Billion

  15. Highlights of Region H Strategies • Conservation • Transfer of Lake Livingston water via Luce Bayou (up to 1.2 million acre-feet per year) • Two new reservoirs: • Allens Creek • Little River (off-channel) • Brazos River Authority system operations • City of Houston wastewater reuse Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $5.5 Billion

  16. Highlights of Region K Strategies • Lower Colorado-San Antonio Water System (LCRA-SAWS) Water Project • New water pipelines to Hays County • Municipal and agricultural water conservation, wastewater reuse, and desalination (up to 368 thousand acre-feet per year Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $ 358.17 Million

  17. Highlights of Region L Strategies • Lower Colorado-San Antonio Water System (LCRA-SAWS) Water Project • Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer strategies • Edwards Aquifer strategies • Conservation • Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $5.2 Billion

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