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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

1914Lake Anahuac

1950s Drought

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.”

• 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

Wallisville authorized

as a19,700

Surface AcreReservoir








Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville

Authorized








• 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









Authorized








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









Authorized



• 1971 Sierra Club Lawsuit • 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow





1971 Sierra Club Filed Environmental Lawsuit

1973 Federal District Court Stopped Wallisville Construction









Authorized



• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped • 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow





Wallisville Lay Dormant 1973-early 1990s









Authorized



• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events

Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted




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









Authorized
















Authorized






• 1999 Wallisville Completed o Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing


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

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