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p resented to CASE, June 15, 2013

p resented to CASE, June 15, 2013. outline. Mother Nature’s wakeup call… What is water conservation? Why conserve? How are we doing? The future…. outline. Mother Nature’s wakeup call… What is water conservation? Why conserve? How are we doing? The future…. October 2010. October

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p resented to CASE, June 15, 2013

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  1. presented to CASE, June 15, 2013

  2. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  3. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  4. October 2010 October 2011 June 2013

  5. RESERVOIR CONSERVATION STORAGE DATA ( ) Storage for May 29, 2013: 20.944 Million acre-ft (66.5%) Conservation capacity: 31.518 Million acre-ft +0.5% from last week

  6. Reservoir storage in Austin Area Buchanan: 41% full Georgetown: 60% Stillhouse Hollow: 81% Travis: 37%

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  9. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  10. ? • efficiency • conservation • restriction

  11. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  12. Thirsty cat is Thirsty

  13. HISTORIC AND PROJECTED TEXAS POPULATION GROWTH

  14. Are we ready for the next drought? Demand for water Water we have now Acre-feet nope…

  15. What can we do? Water Management Strategies for 2060 data from the 2011 regional water plans summary

  16. “It’s the right thing to do.” -Wilford Brimley

  17. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  18. Alliance for Water Efficiency

  19. Water conservation plans annual reports for 2010 • Saved 220,000 acre-feet • 407,000 meters • 130,000 leaks fixed 71.5 billion gallons ~5 percent of municipal use replaced or repaired that’s a lot of leaks!

  20. Texas residential water use outdoor use 31% indoor use 69%

  21. Water loss audits for 2010 • 16.8 percent loss • 3.1 apparent • 13.7 real

  22. total per capita water use and residential per capita water use for the 40 largest cities in Texas from 2012 State Water Plan, p. 138

  23. municipal conservation agricultural conservation reuse acre-feet of water state water plan

  24. outline • Mother Nature’s wakeup call… • What is water conservation? • Why conserve? • How are we doing? • The future…

  25. Water in the future… • The cost of water will go up • Water conservation will become more important • Landscape watering • Water loss • Efficient fixtures • Water reuse will increase • Other sources of water (desal) will become more economically viable • Transfers from agriculture to municipal use

  26. Richland-Chambers Engineered WetlandTarrant Regional Water District

  27. Water loss

  28. 33 million gallons a year

  29. How low can you go? • Currently folks use 40 to 50 gallons per capita daily indoors • Indoor use in a new home is ~35 gallons per capita daily • Vision 2020 for indoor use: goal of 20 gallons per capita daily

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