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Status of GBRA Water Supply Projects Region L Meeting March 19, 2009. Projects. Projects under Study Lower Basin Project Storage above Canyon Mid Basin Project Gonzales County Project Brazos Valley Project Alternate Supply to Coleto Creek. Lower Basin Project.
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Status of GBRA Water Supply ProjectsRegion L MeetingMarch 19, 2009
Projects • Projects under Study • Lower Basin Project • Storage above Canyon • Mid Basin Project • Gonzales County Project • Brazos Valley Project • Alternate Supply to Coleto Creek
Mid-Basin –Gonzales Diversion – 25,000 af Maximum Diversion – 75,000af 77777
Guadalupe River Diversions @ Gonzales* *Subject to Hydrologic Assumptions and Environmental Flows
Project Status • GBRA has submitted an application to TECQ for Water Rights • GBRA is requesting the project be evaluated for incorporation into the 2011 Regional Water Plan • GBRA will hire a consultant to prepare the plan in accordance with Region L planning criteria • GBRA plans to submit plan to Region L in August for review
Gonzales County Project • Conjunctive use project: • Provides firm water supply of 25,000 acre-ft/yr, maximizing use of renewable surface water supplies and using groundwater when surface water supplies are unavailable • Provides opportunity for aquifer recovery during wet and normal hydrologic conditions when more surface water is available
Gonzales County Project San Marcos Lockhart 1-30 Luling
Coverage of Regional Groundwater Models • Texas Water Development Board’s Groundwater Availability Models (2004) • Southern Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City and Sparta (SCWQCS GAM) • Central Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City and Sparta (CCWQCS GAM) • San Antonio System-HDR Model • South Central Carrizo System (SCCS)
Project Status • GBRA is requesting the project be evaluated for incorporation into the 2011 Regional Water Plan • GBRA will hire a consultant to prepare the plan in accordance with Region L planning criteria • GBRA plans to submit plan to Region L in August for review
Project Status • GBRA is requesting the project be evaluated for incorporation into the 2011 Regional Water Plan • GBRA will hire a consultant to prepare the plan in accordance with Region L planning criteria • GBRA plans to submit plan to Region L in August for review