Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?
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Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough? Dr. Dan Hardin Director, Water Resource Planning Texas Water Development Board
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Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?. Dr. Dan Hardin Director, Water Resource Planning Texas Water Development Board. How we plan?. Highlights of the State Water Plan. How many Texans will there be?. Projected Population Growth. How much water will we require? Projected Demand. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Water for Texas: Do We Have Enough?
Dr. Dan Hardin
Director, Water Resource Planning
Texas Water Development Board
How we plan?
Highlights of theState Water Plan
How many Texans will there be?
Projected Population Growth
How much water will we require? Projected Demand
How much water do we have? Projected Supply
Water Supply Needs
How to Get More Water? Volume from Water Management Strategies
Unique Reservoir Sites
State Water Management Strategies
What will it cost to get enough water?
Total capital costs : $30.98 billion
• Businesses and workers: $9.1 billion in 2010, $98.4 billion in 2060
• Lost local and state taxes: $466 million in 2010, $5.4 billion in 2060
• About 85 percent of the state’s population will not have enough water by 2060 in drought of record
What will it cost if we do nothing?
Highlights of Region C Strategies
• Municipal Conservation and Reuse (over 1 million acre-feet per year by 2050)
• Connection of Existing Surface Water Supplies• Toledo Bend Reservoir• New Major Reservoirs
- Marvin Nichols
- Lake Fastrill- Lower Bois d’Arc - Ralph Hall
• Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $ 13.2 Billion
Highlights of Region H Strategies
Conservation Transfer of Lake Livingston water via Luce
Bayou (up to 1.2 million acre-feet per year) Two new reservoirs:
- Allens Creek- Little River (off-channel)
Brazos River Authority system operations City of Houston wastewater reuse
Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $5.5 Billion
Highlights of Region K Strategies
• Lower Colorado-San Antonio Water System (LCRA-SAWS) Water Project
• New water pipelines to Hays County
• Municipal and agricultural water conservation, wastewater reuse, and desalination (up to 368 thousand acre-feet per year
Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $ 358.17 Million
Highlights of Region L Strategies
• Lower Colorado-San Antonio Water System (LCRA-SAWS) Water Project
• Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer strategies• Edwards Aquifer strategies• Conservation
• Total Capital Cost of All Recommended Water Management Strategies = $5.2 Billion
