Chapter 2 Regional Summaries - Texas Water Development Board

CONSERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS
The North East Texas Planning Group considered conservation strategies for each water user group with a need
and a per capita water use greater than 140 gallons per capita per day. Because costs of conservation strategies
were relatively high due to the small size of the entities and amounts of water involved, the region did not
recommend conservation as a water management strategy.
SELECT MAJOR WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
• Increasing existing contracts would provide up to 59,473 acre-feet per year of surface water, and some
groundwater, in the year 2060 with no capital costs, only annual costs of contracts.
• New surface water contracts would provide up to 32,231 acre-feet per year of water in 2060 with a capital
cost of $6.3 million.
• Drilling new wells would provide 6,757 acre-feet per year of water in 2060 with a capital cost of $32.3 million.
REGION-SPECIFIC STUDIES
The Regional Water Planning Group developed two region-specific studies during the initial phase of the third
planning cycle. The final reports documenting the findings can be found on the TWDB Web site at https://www.
twdb.state.tx.us/wrpi/rwp/rwp_study.asp#d.
• Further Evaluation of Sub-Regional Water Supply Master Plans
• Brackish Groundwater Study
NORTH EAST TEXAS PLANNING GROUP MEMBERS AND INTERESTS REPRESENTED
Voting members during adoption of the 2011 Regional Water Plan:
Richard LeTourneau (Chair), environmental; Max Bain, counties; Keith Bonds, municipalities; Adam Bradley,
agriculture; Greg Carter, electric generating utilities; Gary Cheatwood, public; Nancy Clements, agriculture;
Darwin Douthit, agriculture; Mike Dunn, municipalities; Jim Eidson, environmental; Scott Hammer, industries;
Troy Henry, river authorities; Don Hightower, counties; Sam Long, counties; Bret McCoy, small business; Sharron
Nabors, agriculture; Jim Nickerson, industries; Don Patterson, counties; Ken Shaw, industries; Shirley Shumake,
public; Bob Staton, small business; Doug Wadley, industries; David Weidman, water districts; Richard Zachary,
water utilities
Former voting members during the 2006 – 2011 planning cycle:
John Bryan, public; Larry Calvin, environmental; Dean Carrell, municipalities; Jimmy Clark, environmental;
George Frost, public; Mendy Rabicoff, small business; Jim Thompson, agriculture
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