TO: FROM: RE: Mayors of municipalities with a population of 1000 or more or which is a county seat and that is located in whole or in part in the Region C Regional Water Planning Area; County Judges of Counties located in whole or in part in the Region C Regional Water Planning Area; all district and authorities created under Texas Constitution, Article III, 52, or Article XVI, 59, with responsibility to manage or supply water or located in whole or in part in the Region C Regional Water Planning Area; retail public utilities that serve any part of the Region C regional water planning area or receive water from the area; each holder of record of a permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication for the use of surface water the diversion of which occurs in the Region C Regional Water Planning Area; all regional water planning groups in the state; the Executive Administrator of the Texas Water Development Board; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas General Land Office, and, newspapers of general circulation in each county located in whole or in part in the Region C Regional Water Planning Area. Region C Water Planning Group (RCWPG) Public Notice of Possible Amendments of the 2001 Region C Water Plan DATE: May 22, 2003 PUBLIC NOTICE To All Interested Parties: Notice is hereby given that the Region C Water Planning Group (RCWPG) is considering amendments to the 2001 Region C Water Plan. The Region C Water Planning Group area includes all or part of the following counties: Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin Freestone, Grayson, Henderson, Jack, Kaufman, Navarro, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise. A public hearing will be held prior to taking action on the amendments. A public comment period will be included during the public hearing. The RCWPG will accept written and oral comments on the proposed amendments at the public hearing. Comments may be provided at the public hearing or may be provided to the RCWPG prior to the public hearing by sending the comments to the attention of Mr. Jim Parks North Texas Municipal Water District P.O. Box 2408 Wylie, TX 75098 All public written comments are due to the RCWPG at the time of the public hearing (1:30 p.m. on June 23, 2003).
The date, time, and location of the public hearing are as follows: Notice is given that a public hearing on the possible amendments will be held on June 23, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. at the North Texas Municipal Water District s board room at 505 E. Brown Street, Wylie, Texas 75098. A summary of the proposed action to be taken is as follows: The proposed action is to amend the 2001 Region C Water Plan by changing language and recommendations in the plan for the Cities of Anna and Athens. The proposed amendments being considered include: Supplying the City of Anna from a proposed pipeline bringing surface water from the City of Sherman (through Greater Texoma Utility Authority) Adding additional groundwater well(s) for the City of Anna as an alternative water management strategy Adding an additional water management strategy to the City of Melissa and Collin County-Other to participate in the pipeline project bringing Lake Texoma water from Sherman to the southern portion of Grayson County and northern portion of Collin County Adding reuse and the purchase of unused water in Forest Grove Reservoir to the water supply for the City of Athens (through the Athens Municipal Water Authority). Adjusting the firm yield of Lake Athens based on the Water Availability Model (WAM). Population and water demand projections will be adjusted with the proposed amendment for Anna. The water demand projections will be adjusted with the proposed amendment to account for Athens contract with the fish hatchery. The firm yield of Lake Athens will be adjusted with the proposed amendment. The name, telephone number, and address of the person to whom questions or requests for additional information may be submitted is as follows: Jim Parks, telephone number (972) 442-5405, North Texas Municipal Water District, PO Box 2408, Wylie, TX 75098. The North Texas Municipal Water District is the Administrator for the RCWPG. How the public may submit comments is as follows: The RCWPG will accept written and oral comments at the public hearing. Written comments may be sent directly to the RCWPG by delivery to the North Texas Municipal Water District, PO Box 2408, Wylie, TX 75098. The deadline for submission of public written comments is June 23, 2003 at 1:30 (the date and time of the public hearing).
Copies of the proposed amendments are available at http://www.regioncwater.org Beginning May 23, 2003, paper copies of the proposed amendments are available for viewing at the following libraries and county clerk s offices: COUNTY CLERK S OFFICES Collin County Clerk s Office 200 South McDonald Street, #120 Annex A McKinney, Texas Cooke County Clerk s Office 100 South Dixon Gainesville, Texas Dallas County Clerk s Office 509 Main Street Records Building, 2 nd Floor Dallas, Texas Denton County Clerk s Office 110 West Hickory Denton, Texas Ellis County Clerk s Office 117 W. Franklin Waxahachie, Texas Fannin County Clerk s Office 101 East Sam Rayburn Drive Bonham, Texas Freestone County Clerk s Office 103 East Main, Suite One Fairfield, Texas Grayson County Clerk s Office 100 West Houston Sherman, Texas LIBRARIES Schimelpfenig Library 5024 Custer Road Plano, Texas Cooke County Library 200 S. Weaver Street Gainesville, Texas Dallas Public Central Library 1515 Young Street Dallas, Texas Lewisville Public Library 1197 W. Main Street Lewisville, Texas Nicholas P. Sims Library 515 W. Main Street Waxahachie, Texas Bonham Public Library 305 E. 5 th Street Bonham, Texas Fairfield Library Association 350 W. Main Street Fairfield, Texas Sherman Public Library 421 N. Travis Street Sherman, Texas Henderson County Clerk s Office Courthouse Square Athens, Texas Jack County Clerk s Office 100 Main Street Jacksboro, Texas Kaufman County Clerk s Office 100 West Mulberry Kaufman, Texas Navarro County Clerk s Office 300 West Third Avenue Corsicana, Texas Parker County Clerk s Office 1112 Santa Fe Drive Weatherford, Texas Denison Public Library 300 West Gandy Street Denison, TX 75020 Henderson County Library 121 S. Prairieville Athens, Texas G. J. Ritchie Public Library 4 th and College Jacksboro, Texas Kaufman County Library 3790 S. Houston Street Kaufman, Texas Corsicana Public Library 100 N. 12 th Street Corsicana, Texas Weatherford Public Library 1014 Charles Street Weatherford, Texas
Rockwall County Clerk s Office 1101 Ridge Road, Suite 206 Rockwall, Texas Tarrant County Clerk s Office 100 East Weatherford Fort Worth, Texas Wise County Clerk s Office 200 N. Trinity Decatur, Texas Rockwall County Library 105 S. First Street Rockwall, Texas Fort Worth Central Library 300 Taylor Street Fort Worth, Texas Decatur Public Library 1700 S. FM Road 51 Decatur, Texas
Notice of Public Hearing Proposed Amendments to the 2001 Region C Water Plan Proposed Amendment #1 On April 7, 2003, Greater Texoma Utility Authority requested that the Region C Water Planning Group (RCWPG) consider an amendment to the 2001 Region C Water Plan on behalf of the City of Anna. GTUA is securing funding to build a pipeline from the City of Sherman to Howe, Van Alstyne, Anna, and Melissa. Sherman has surface water supply in excess of its current needs from Lake Texoma. The GTUA project includes a pipeline from Sherman generally paralleling U.S. 75. GTUA has completed a feasibility study for this project, and the estimated total capital cost of the project is $11,232,333. The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has reviewed this project for consistency with the 2001 Region C Water Plan. The TWDB considers the GTUA pipeline from Sherman to be consistent with the 2001 plan for Howe and Van Alstyne since it is the first step in constructing the Grayson County Surface Water Supply System. The TWDB also found that allowing Melissa to participate in the GTUA pipeline project is consistent with the 2001 plan because their recommended water management strategy in the 2001 plan is to convert to surface water. However, the TWDB determined that Anna s participation in the GTUA pipeline was not consistent with the 2001 plan because Anna was assumed to stay on groundwater in the 2001 plan. The 2001 plan shows no recommended water management strategies for the City of Anna. Since the approval of the 2001 plan, Anna has experienced water supply and quality issues with their groundwater system. The City of Anna has also had considerable growth (with more growth expected in the near future) and higher water demands than projected in the 2001 plan. GTUA would like to add a dependable surface water supply for Anna. These needs cannot be met by water conservation and drought management measures. Anna s population projected in the 2001 plan was 1,168 for the year 2000 and 1,622 in the year 2050. The actual census population for the City of Anna in the year 2000 was 1,225. The TWDB-approved population projection for Anna for the current phase of planning is 32,000 in the year 2050. The 2001 plan projected the need for Anna by the year 2050 to be 182 acre-feet per year. Using the same per capita water needs projections as those used in the 2001 plan, the revised projected 2050 demand would be 3,587 acrefeet per year, representing a 3,405 difference. An alternative water management strategy for the City of Anna is to drill additional water well(s) until the pipeline from Sherman can be built In the discussion regarding water management strategies for Collin County in Section 5.6 (page 5.46) of the 2001 Region C Water Plan, the additional water supply for the City of Anna should be adjusted to include: Anna will add surface water to their existing water supply by participating in the GTUA pipeline that will bring surface water from Sherman. This will require an interbasin transfer from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ). An alternative water management strategy for Anna is to drill additional well(s) to meet short-term demands. Melissa and County-Other may choose to participate in the GTUA pipeline bringing Lake Texoma water from Sherman. In Table 5.15 of the 2001 Region C Water Plan, the description of Sources of Additional Supply for Anna should be adjusted to read as follows: Water User Group Need for Additional Supplies (Ac-Ft/Yr) Current Supply Source(s) Source(s) of Additional Supply Anna 3,333 Trinity aquifer Lake Texoma through Sherman Additional groundwater well(s) in Woodbine aquifer Melissa County-Other 76 Woodbine Aquifer North Texas MWD 17,456 Trinity Aquifer Woodbine Aquifer North Texas MWD North Texas MWD Lake Texoma through Sherman North Texas MWD Lake Texoma through Sherman Table 5.16 of the 2001 Region C Water Plan should have the following entry added to account for the cost of the surface water project: Management Strategy Anna s surface water supply from Sherman Melissa s surface water supply from Sherman County-Other Estimated Capital Cost Additional 2050 Supply (Acre-Feet/Year) $3,344,000 6,603 $4,579,560 4,641 Revised pages to the Appendix Q environmental impacts Table Q-4, Appendix R cost estimates, and the TWDB-required tables are available upon request. Proposed Amendment #2 On April 7, 2003, Athens Municipal Water Authority (AMWA) requested that the Region C Water Planning Group (RCWPG) consider an amendment to the 2001 Region C Water Plan on behalf of the City of Athens. The 2001 plan omitted AMWA s contractual commitment to supply an average of 3 million gallons per day (MGD) to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fish Hatchery (Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center). Additionally, the year 2000 firm yield water supply for Lake Athens appears to be 4,179 acre-feet, not 6,262 as originally reported. To meet this contractual commitment, the
reduction in firm yield of Lake Athens, and expected growth, AMWA needs more water than can be supplied by its current sources. These needs cannot be met by water conservation and drought management measures. AMWA is currently pursuing available water in the unused Forest Grove Reservoir (including expansion of its current treatment facilities), as well as a reuse permit for Athens wastewater. AMWA would like to include both of these projects as recommended water management strategies in the Region C Water Plan. AMWA would also like to include the following alternative water management strategies: Construct Lake Athens II on Flat Creek downstream from the present Lake Athens Purchase water from Tarrant Regional Water District s Cedar Creek Reservoir through an Athens owned pipeline Purchase water from the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority s Lake Palestine through an Athens owned pipeline Purchase water from Lake Palestine through a Dallas owned pipeline Purchase water in the unused Forest Grove Reservoir and build a new treatment plant at Forest Grove In the discussion regarding water management strategies for Henderson County in Section 5.6 (page 5.71) of the 2001 Region C Water Plan, the last sentence should be adjusted to read The currently available supplies are sufficient to meet projected demands in the county except for Athens and Malakoff. Athens is planning to reuse their wastewater and obtain currently unused water in Forest Grove Reservoir. The estimated capital cost for Athens proposed projects is $25,413,000. Malakoff is planning to build a surface water supply system based on raw water from the Tarrant Regional Water District s Cedar Creek Reservoir. The estimated capital cost for Malakoff s new water supply system is $7,809,000. The following statement should also be added as a new paragraph following the statement above Alternative proposed water management strategies for the City of Athens include: Purchase water in the unused Forest Grove Reservoir and build a new treatment plant at Forest Grove Purchase water from Lake Palestine through a Dallas owned pipeline Purchase water from the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority s Lake Palestine through an Athens owned pipeline Purchase water from Tarrant Regional Water District s Cedar Creek Reservoir through an Athens owned pipeline Construct Lake Athens II on Flat Creek downstream from the present Lake Athens An interbasin transfer permit will be needed for any of Athens recommended and alternative strategies. Athens is split between Region C and Region I. Most of the City of Athens is located in the Trinity Basin in Region C, whereas Lake Athens and the Athens water treatment plant (WTP) are located in the Neches Basin and in Region I. All
Athens of Athens strategies involve moving raw water to Lake Athens and its WTP (Region I) and transporting treated potable water from the WTP into the City located in Region C. The description in Table 5.32 of the 2001 Region C Water Plan for Athens Sources of Additional Supply should be adjusted to read as follows: Water User Group Need for Additional Supplies (Ac-Ft/Yr) Current Supply Source(s) 1,507 Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer Lake Athens Source(s) of Additional Supply Reuse Obtain unused water from Forest Grove Reservoir Revised pages to the Appendix Q environmental impacts Table Q-4, Appendix R cost estimates, and the TWDB-required tables are available upon request.