Post on 31-Mar-2015
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Wastewater Treatment Water Storage Recreation FacilitiesLake LivingstonWater Treatment
Update on the Wallisville Saltwater Barrier
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1914Lake Anahuac
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1950s Drought
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
TRA Created by Texas Legislature in 1955--Building a Saltwater Barrier was an
Element of TRA’s Statute
TRA is responsible for……
“the construction of a salt-water barrier with barge lock in the Trinity River – which will protect the users of fresh
water for irrigation purposes; construction of such salt-water barrier with barge lock shall be commenced
prior to September 1, 1963.”
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• First TRA/Houston Contract o Houston will build, own and operate Lake Livingstono Funding for Livingston/Saltwater Barrier Projects
established
• Water Rights Permitso Lake Livingston’s water rights permit No. 1970
issued to Houston (902,800 AF) and TRA (351,600 AF)
o Wallisville’s Water Rights Permit No. 1974 issued to Houston (38,000 AF) and TRA (51,600 AF)
• Fixed rights agreements o Guaranteed water for rice farmerso If Lake Livingston is finished before Wallisville,
salinity control releases must be made from May 15 to September 15
Original Fixed Rights Agreements(Amounts in Acre-Feet/Year)
Dayton 33,000
Devers 86,000
CLCND 88,820
Major Lower Trinity River Diversions
(Amounts in Acre-Feet/Year)
DaytonLibert
y
Trin
ity
Riv
er
Trin
ity
Riv
er
Anahuac
Trinity Bay
Up to 450,000 of Houston’s
940,800 per 1978 Livingston /Wallisville
Amendment
56,000 Purchased from Devers 30,000 Purchased from CLCND
86,000 Total
2,500 + 27,500 from TRA- Livingston per Fixed Rights Contract, bankruptcy settlement and 2009 legislation
Lake Anahuac
58,820(30,000 sold to SJRA)
Wallisville Saltwater
Barrier
CWA/Houston Luce Bayou
(Under Development)
SJRA
CWA/Houston
LNVA-Devers
CLCND
940,800 (Livingston/Wallisville)33,000 (Dayton Canal Purchase pending
water rights amendment)49,700 (Southern Canal Purchase)1,023,500 Total
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Wallisville authorized
as a19,700
Surface AcreReservoir
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• TRA will build, own and operate Lake Livingston
• If the federal government fails to build Wallisville TRA would build it under the same cost sharing arrangements as Lake Livingston
1964Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1967 Wallisville
Construction Begins
1967
• Local sponsors agreement with the COEo Repayment terms
• Local sponsors operating agreemento TRA/Houston would repay under the terms of the 1964
contract
o CLCND would have approval authority over changes and
operations
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Lawsuit • 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1971 Sierra Club Filed Environmental Lawsuit
1973 Federal District Court Stopped Wallisville Construction
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped • 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Wallisville Lay Dormant 1973-early 1990s
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Key Events Following Injunction
• 5th Circuit Court Appeal Reversal in 1974• COE to tidy up Wallisville’s EIS• Wallisville redesigned
• U.S. Congress reauthorizes Wallisville in
early 1980s
• Retained cost sharing agreement
• 5th Circuit Court vacated Injunction in 1987• Congress appropriates funds to redesign and
start construction in early 1990’s
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completed o Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1999 Wallisville Completed And Operational
Local Cost Sharing Agreement
• Repay capital costs for salinity control and recreation, 13.008 percent of project costs
• Total construction cost $81,340,000 X 13.008 percent = $10,580,707 for 50-years
• Operations and maintenance cost @ 7.901 percent for salinity control and recreation
• Major capital replacement cost @ 17.143 percent
Wallisville Payments Made to COETRA
Fiscal Year
Total Debt Service
Paid
Interest Paid
Principal Paid
Routine O&M Paid
Hurricane Ike
Repairs
Total Payments
2004 $ 415,342 $ - $ 415,342 $
80,195.00 $
495,537.00
2005 $ 415,342 $ 327,528 $ 87,814 $
80,195.00 $
495,537.00
2006 $ 415,342 $ 324,698 $ 90,644 $
93,860.00 $
509,202.00
2007 $ 415,342 $ 321,778 $ 93,564
$108,108.8
8 $
523,450.88
2008 $ 415,342 $ 318,764 $ 96,579
$169,344.7
3 $
584,686.73
2009 $ 415,342 $ 315,652 $99,691
$215,878.7
3 $
631,220.73
2010 $ 415,342 $ 312,440 $102,902
$147,260.9
4
$143,363.5
2 $
705,966.46
2011 $ 415,342 $ 309,124 $106,218
$123,597.1
4
$310,029.3
6 $
848,968.50
2012 $ 415,342 $ 305,702 $ 109,640
$189,863.9
3 $
58,919.90 $
664,125.83
2013* $ 415,342 $ 302,169 $113,173
$156,600.0
0 $
319,360.00 $
891,302.00
*Routine O&M and Ike repairs estimated
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Wastewater Treatment Water Storage Recreation FacilitiesLake LivingstonWater Treatment
Update on the Wallisville Saltwater Barrier