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Turning a Water Plan into Water
Dan Hardin, Director of Water Resource Planning
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Water Planning: Legislative Response to Drought
Late 1950s Drought of Record– 1957: Creation of TWDB– $200 million Water Development
Fund– 9 State Water Plans, 1961-2012
Late 1990s: Potential New Drought of Record– ~$6 billion economic losses in ‘96
(mostly agriculture)– ~300 entities with threat to water
supplies– 1997 & 2001: Passage of SB 1 & 2
which created & refined regional water planning
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Regional Water Planning
Statutory interests:
Public Counties Municipalities
Water districts Water utilities Groundwater
management areas
Industries Agriculture Environment Small
businesses
Electric-generating utilities
River authorities
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Projected Texas Population
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Projected Population Growthin Texas Counties
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Projected Water Demandsand Existing Supplies
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Projected Need for Additional Water in Times of Drought
0.310.09
0.05 0
.06
0.001
3.1
Municipal ManufacturingMining Steam ElectricLivestock Irrigation
3.4
0.50.080.62000000000
0001
0.03
3.8
Municipal ManufacturingMining Steam ElectricLivestock Irrigation
Year 2010
Year 2060
(millions of acre-feet per year)
Water Shortages by Water User Group
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Water Supplies from Water Management Strategies
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Relative Volumes of Recommended Strategies (2060)
< 1%
< 1%
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Municipal Conservation
Surface Water Desalination
New Major Reservoir
Reuse Groundwater Desalination
Seawater Desalination
Annual Average Unit Costs of Water Management Strategy Categories, 2012 State Water Plan (dollars per acre-foot)
First Online Year
Year 2060
Unit costs are higher in early years and fall significantly once debt on construction costs are paid .
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Municipal Conservation
Surface Water Desalination
New Major Reservoir
Reuse Groundwater Desalination
Seawater Desalination
Annual Average Unit Costs of Water Management Strategy Categories, 2012 State Water Plan (dollars per acre-foot)
First Online Year Year 2060
Unit costs are higher in early years and fall significantly once debt on construction costs are paid .TWDB 2012
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Total Water SupplyCapital Costs: $53 Billion
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Cost of 2012 State Water Plan
•$53.1 billion to implement
• Project sponsors need access to $26.9 billion of project capital costs through state assistance
$26.2 billion
$26.9 billion
Other mechanismsState loan and grant programs
Financing State Water Plan Projects
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Cost of Not Implementing Plan Recommendations
• $12 billion lost income - 2010• $116 billion lost income – 2060
• State/local business taxes lost: $1 billion – 2010
• State/local business taxes lost: $10 billion – 2060
• Lost jobs : 115,000 – 2010• Lost jobs: 1 million – 2060
• Lost population growth: 1.4 million - 2060
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Barriers to Implementation
• State has no authority to require implementation of projects
• State has devoted limited financial resources to encourage implementation
• Local entities reluctant to impose costs of projects and associated debt on constituents
• Lack of recognition that there is a problem or of the benefits of taking action
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What can we do to encourage implementation?
• Education– It’s possible to turn on a tap and have
nothing come out!–Water is not an unlimited resource, it is
limited and needs to be valued as such– Investment maintains secure supplies,
brings economic benefits through construction, and avoids cost of shortages
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Implementing the State Water Plan
“What’s in it for me?”
For More Information
2012 State Water Plan:http://www.twdb.texas.gov/wrpi/swp/swp.asp
