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North Texas Water Supply Strategies

North Texas Water Supply Strategies. North Texas Commission Board of Directors September 18, 2008. North Texas Water Supply. Three major providers in Metroplex 25% of Texas population 8% of water used in Texas 90% of supply is from surface water. Lake Bridgeport, Wise County.

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North Texas Water Supply Strategies

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  1. North Texas Water Supply Strategies North Texas Commission Board of Directors September 18, 2008

  2. North Texas Water Supply • Three major providers in Metroplex • 25% of Texas population • 8% of water used in Texas • 90% of supply is from surface water Lake Bridgeport, Wise County

  3. Socioeconomic Impacts of an Inadequate Water Supply 2060 projections: • Population reduced by one million (7%) • Employment off by 700,000 jobs (17%) • Income shrinks by $58.8 billion (21%) Lake Benbrook during 2005-06 drought

  4. Water Supply Strategies • Conservation and reuse (28% of future supply) • Oklahoma water • Marvin Nichols Reservoir • Toledo Bend Reservoir

  5. Reuse Through Wetlands • Capture return flows in the Trinity River • Return flows are wastewater discharges that originated in North Texas reservoirs • Constant and renewable resource Trinity River near Richland-Chambers

  6. Reuse Through Wetlands • Wetlands used to naturally remove contaminants • Water is pumped into lakes without harming water quality • Innovative way to stretch water supplies TRWD wetlands water recycling facility

  7. Indirect Reuse: Plans in place 500,000 Acre Feet by 2060 Cedar Creek 175,000 AF Lake Lavon 104,000 AF x 2 Lake Ray Hubbard 60,000 AF x 2

  8. Oklahoma Water Supply

  9. Oklahoma Water: In Search of an Existing Supply • 8 million acre-feet (2.5 trillion gallons) flows from Oklahoma into Red River in normal year • Untapped resource Kiamichi River, Oklahoma

  10. Oklahoma Water: In Search of an Existing Supply Permit applications filed by: • Tarrant Regional WD • Upper Trinity River WD • North Texas Municipal WD Kiamichi River, Oklahoma

  11. Oklahoma Water: In Search of an Existing Supply • Nothing directly from Oklahoma reservoirs • Water supply will not be affected • Environmental flows come first Lost Lake, Oklahoma

  12. Oklahoma Water: Permit Status • 2004: Oklahoma extends moratorium • 2007: TRWD lawsuit asserts moratorium violation of interstate commerce laws

  13. Oklahoma Water: Permit Status • Oct. 2007: Oklahoma lost battle to dismiss lawsuit • May 2008: Appeal heard by 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Case pending)

  14. Oklahoma Water: Promising Resource • Oklahoma has enough water to supply 21 million additional residents • Trillions of gallons flowing out of state for free • Provide revenue source for Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK, Population: 540,000

  15. Marvin Nichols Reservoir

  16. Toledo Bend Supply

  17. Questions?

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