Public Hearing on. Region C Water Plan. May 25, 2010

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1 Public Hearing on 2011 Initially Prepared Region C Water Plan May 25, 2010

2 Introduction The Regional Water Planning Process 2011 Region C Water Plan Plans for Major Providers

3 Regional Water Planning Process Senate Bill 1 - Tx. Legislature in 1997 Spurred by 1996 drought Bottom up water planning process Texas Water Development Board o o o Adopted rules Set out 16 regions Named initial planning group members Plans every 5 years Finishing third round of planning

4 Regional Water Planning Areas

5 Regional Water Planning Process Local and regional decision-making i Open to public Statutory interests: Public Counties Municipalities Industries Electric generating utilities Agriculture River authorities Environment Water districts Small business Water utilities

6 Regional Water Planning Process 50-year planning period ( ) Project population and water demand Determine existing supply Evaluate need for additional water Recommend strategies

7 2011 Region C Plan Initially yprepared p plan out for comment. Comment period is through August 1st. Final Plan due to TWDB October 1st.

8 Water Supply for Region C Region C 16 county area Includes Dallas, Tarrant, Denton, and Collin Counties Red River is northern boundary 1/4 of Texas population 1/12 of Texas water

9 Region C

10 Region C Water Supplies 90% is surface water 41 wholesale water providers and 357 water user groups 3 largest wholesale l providers supply 85%

11 Region C Population Population in Millions Historical Projected

12 Region C Water Demands 3,500,000 3,000,000 Water Use (Acre-Feet per Year) 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 Livestock Mining Irrigation Steam Electric Power Manufacturing Municipal 500, Year

13 Region C Supplies 2,500,000 2,000,000 Supply in Acre-Feet pe er Year 1,500,000 1,000, ,000 Reuse Groundwater Run-of-the- River/Local Surface Water Imports Region C Reservoirs Plan Supply

14 Region C Supply - Demand 3,500,000 3,000,000 n Acre-Feet per Year Supply an nd Demand i 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000, 1,000, ,000 Reuse Groundwater Run-of-the River/Local Surface Water Imports Region C Reservoirs Demand

15 Region C Plan Big Picture Maintain Reserve Supplies o Faster growth than projected o New critical drought o Inability to complete strategies Increased Surface Water Supplies o Growing counties o Demand outstripping groundwater supplies Reliance on Major Suppliers Focus on Conservation and Reuse o 23% of supply in 2060

16 Region C Plan Big Picture New Reservoirs 15% Conservation and Reuse 23% Current Surface Supplies 33% Connect Existing Sources 26% Groundwater Supplies 3%

17 Region C Plan Big Picture Total Cost - $18.3 Billion o $13.5 billion from 3 largest suppliers Total New Supply 2.36 Million Acre- Feet per Year o million acre-feet per year from 3 largest suppliers

18 Dallas Largest Region C Suppliers o Supplies many other communities o Current Supply Lakes Ray Roberts, Lewisville, Ray Hubbard and Tawakoni; Reuse Planned supplies o Conservation o Reuse o Existing Lakes Fork, Palestine, Wright Patman o Replacement for Lake Fastrill

19 1,200,000 Dallas Planned Supplies Fastrill Replacement Wright Patman Lake Connect Lake Palestine Deman nd and Supp ply in Acre-F Feet per Yea ar 1,000, , , , ,000 Additional Pipeline from Tawakoni Additional Direct Reuse Main Stem Trinity PS Additional Dry Year Conservation (Wholesale Customers) Conservation (DWU Retail) Lake Ray Hubbard Temporary Return Flow White Rock Lake Direct Reuse Lake Fork Lake Tawakoni Lake Ray Hubbard Grapevine Lake Elm Fork System Currently Available Supplies Projected Demands

20 Largest Region C Suppliers Tarrant Regional Water District o Supplies Fort Worth, Arlington, many others o Current Supply Lakes Bridgeport, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Creek, and Richland-Chambers; Reuse o Planned supplies Conservation Reuse Existing Toledo Bend Lake and Oklahoma supplies New Marvin Nichols Reservoir

21 TRWD s Planned Supplies 1,200,000 Oklahoma Water Dem mand and Su upply in Acre e-feet per Ye ear 1,000, , , , ,000 Toledo Bend Reservoir Marvin Nichols Reservoir Integrated Pipeline and Reuse Conservation (Wholesale Customers) Richland-Chambers Reuse Richland-Chambers Reservoir Cedar Creek Lake Benbrook Lake West Fork System Currently Available Supplies Projected Demands

22 Largest Region C Suppliers North Texas Municipal Water District o Supplies communities north and east of Dallas o Current Supply Lakes Lavon, Chapman, and Texoma and reuse o Planned supplies Conservation Additional reuse Existing Toledo Bend, Texoma, Oklahoma water New Marvin Nichols and Lower Bois d Arc Reservoirs

23 NTMWD s Planned Supplies 1,200,000 Oklahoma Toledo Bend Phase 1 Marvin Nichols ply in Acre- Feet per Yea ar Dema and and Sup 1,000, , , , ,000 Additional Lake Texoma Lower Bois d'arc Creek Res. Main Stem PS Renewed Interim GTUA Conservation (Wholesale Customers) Upper Sabine Basin Interim GTUA East Fork Reuse Lake Bonham Wilson Creek Reuse Lake Chapman Lake Texoma Lake Lavon Currently Available Supplies - Losses Projected Demands + Losses

24 Implementing Water Conservation Major Projects in Region C Conservation awareness programs Dallas Water Utilities and Tarrant Regional Water District: Save Water, Nothing Can Replace It DWU: 12 billion gallons saved in 2006 DWU: 12 billion gallons saved in 2006 TRWD: 10 billion gallons saved in 2006 North Texas Municipal Water District: Water IQ Program NTMWD: 10 billion gallons saved in 2006

25 Implementing Water Reuse Major Projects in Region C Reuse projects totaling more than 600,000 acre- feet/year developed or in-progress for Region C, including: North Texas MWD East Fork Raw Water Supply Project North Texas MWD Wilson Creek reuse Tarrant RWD George Shannon Wetlands Dallas contract for return flows Dallas reuse permits Trinity River Authority reuse permits Upper Trinity Regional Water District reuse of Lake Chapman water Garland/Forney reuse for power plant

26 rvation cipal Conse Year se and Munic cre-feet per d 2060 Reus in Ac Planned 1,000, , , , , , , , , , C Planned 2060 Reuse & Municipal Conservation H K L G E M D O A F I B N J P Region Existing Reuse Planned Reuse Muncipal Conservation

27 Closing Thoughts Details on all Water User Groups in IPP IPP available for Public review All County Clerk offices At least one major Public Library in each County Public comment deadline is August 1st Written comments submitted to

28 Public Comments

29 Contact Info Submit written comments to: Region C Web Site Texas Water Development Board Web Site