Chapter 2 Regional Summaries - Texas Water Development Board
Chapter 2 Regional Summaries - Texas Water Development Board
Chapter 2 Regional Summaries - Texas Water Development Board
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CONSERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
Conservation strategies represent approximately 5 percent of the total amount of water that would be provided<br />
by all recommended water management strategies in 2060. Conservation strategies were recommended for<br />
municipal, irrigation, manufacturing, and mining water users. The Coastal Bend Region recommended that<br />
water user groups with and without shortages that exceed 165 gallons per capita per day should reduce<br />
consumption by 15 percent by 2060.<br />
SELECT MAJOR WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES<br />
• O.N. Stevens <strong>Water</strong> Treatment Plant Improvements would provide up to 42,329 acre-feet per year of surface<br />
water starting in 2010 with a capital cost of $31 million.<br />
• Garwood Pipeline would provide 35,000 acre-feet per year of surface water starting in 2020 with a capital<br />
cost of $113 million.<br />
• Off–Channel Reservoir near Lake Corpus Christi would provide 30,340 acre-feet per year of water starting<br />
in the year 2030 with a capital cost of $301 million<br />
• Construction of Lavaca River Off-Channel Diversion and Off-Channel Reservoir Project would provide<br />
16,242 acre-feet per year of water to Region N in 2060 with a capital cost of $139 million for Region N’s<br />
portion of total project costs.<br />
REGION-SPECIFIC STUDIES<br />
The <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Planning Group developed five region-specific studies during the initial phase of the third<br />
planning cycle. The final reports documenting the findings can be found on the TWDB Web-site at https://www.<br />
twdb.state.tx.us/wrpi/rwp/rwp_study.asp#n.<br />
• Evaluation of Additional Potential <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Supplies for Delivery through the Mary Rhodes Pipeline,<br />
Including Gulf Coast Groundwater and Garwood Project<br />
• Optimization and Implementation Studies for Off-Channel Reservoir<br />
• Implementation Analyses for Pipeline from Choke Canyon Reservoir to Lake Corpus Christi, Including<br />
Channel Loss Study Downstream of Choke Canyon Reservoir<br />
• <strong>Water</strong> Quality Modeling of <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Supply System to Enhance <strong>Water</strong> Quality and Improve Industrial<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Conservation<br />
• Region-Specific <strong>Water</strong> Conservation Best Management Practices<br />
COASTAL BEND PLANNING GROUP MEMBERS AND INTERESTS REPRESENTED<br />
Voting members during adoption of the 2011 <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Plan:<br />
Carola Serrato (Co-Chair) water utilities; Scott Bledsoe, III (Co-Chair), water districts; Tom Ballou, industries;<br />
Chuck Burns, agriculture; Teresa Carrillo, environmental; Billy Dick, municipalities; Lavoyger Durham, counties;<br />
Gary Eddins, electric generating utilities; Pancho Hubert, small business; Pearson Knolle, small business; Robert<br />
Kunkel, industries; Bernard Paulson, other; Thomas Reding, Jr., river authorities; Charles Ring, agriculture;<br />
Mark Scott, municipalities; Kimberly Stockseth, public ; Bill Stockton, counties<br />
Former voting members during the 2006 – 2011 planning cycle:<br />
Bill Beck, electric generating utilities; Patrick Hubert, small business; Josephine Miller, counties; Bobby Nedbalek,<br />
agriculture<br />
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WAT E R FOR TEXAS 2012 STATE WATER PLAN