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Texas Regional Water Planning

Texas Regional Water Planning. Thomas Weir Labatt III Board Member Texas Water Development Board October 11, 2007. Texas Regional Water Planning. Regional Water Planning established in 1997 Senate Bill 1, 75th Texas Legislature. 16 Planning Regions. 16 Planning Groups.

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Texas Regional Water Planning

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  1. Texas Regional Water Planning Thomas Weir Labatt III Board Member Texas Water Development Board October 11, 2007

  2. Texas Regional Water Planning • Regional Water Planning established in 1997 • Senate Bill 1, 75th Texas Legislature

  3. 16 Planning Regions

  4. 16 Planning Groups • 11 Interests represented on each Planning Group • Member of the Public at Large • Counties • Municipalities • Industries • Agricultural Interests • Environmental Interests • Small Business • Electric Generating Utilities • River Authorities • Water Districts • Water Utilities

  5. Texas Regional Water Planning • Time Horizon for Water Plans: 50 years • Fundamental Planning Activities: • Population and Water Demand Projections • Assessment of Current Supply Volumes Available • Analysis of who will have a future need or surplus • Evaluation and recommendation of water management strategies and scenarios

  6. Texas Regional Water Planning Drought Projected Population Growth

  7. Water Supply Needs

  8. Texas Regional Water Planning • Incentives for Involvement in Regional Water Planning • Texas Water Development Board financial assistance • Surface water right permits at the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality

  9. Texas Regional Water Planning • Cycles of Regional Water Planning 1st Cycle - 1997 to 2001 Result: 2002 State Water Plan 2nd Cycle - 2002 to 2006 Result: 2007 State Water Plan 3rd Cycle - 2007 to 2011 Current Round – Will result in the 2012 State Water Plan

  10. Texas Regional Water Planning TWDB Approval of Plans • Meets guidelines in Texas Administrative Code • Meets statutory requirements in Texas Water Code • No inter-regional conflicts

  11. Texas Regional Water Planning • Region C and Region D 1st Cycle – Working together • Region C: 16 county area surrounding Dallas and Fort Worth • Region D: 19 county area in North East Texas area

  12. Texas Regional Water Planning • Region C and Region D • Sulphur River Joint Task Force • Formed in 1998 • Each Planning Group appointed 6 members • Reported to both Region C and Region D’s Planning Groups

  13. Texas Regional Water Planning • Region C and Region D 2nd Cycle • Representation on the Region D Planning Group changed

  14. Texas Regional Water Planning • Region C and Region D 3rd Cycle • Senate Bill 3 Study Commission on Region C Water Supply • 2007 80th Legislative Session • 6 members: 3 from each Region • Report due to the legislature December 2009

  15. Texas Regional Water Planning • Region C and Region D Future? • Depends on the success of the SB3 Study Commission and on the planning groups response to their results

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