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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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How we plan?
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Highlights of the State Water Plan
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How many Texans will there be?
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Projected Population Growth
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How much water will we require? Projected Demand
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How much water do we have? Projected Supply
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Water Supply Needs
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How to Get More Water? Volume from Water Management Strategies
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Unique Reservoir Sites
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State Water Management Strategies
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What will it cost to get enough water? Total capital costs : $30.98 billion
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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