Chapter 2 Regional Summaries - Texas Water Development Board

CONSERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS
Conservation strategies represent approximately 5 percent of the total amount of water that would be provided
by all recommended water management strategies in 2060. Conservation strategies were recommended for
municipal, irrigation, manufacturing, and mining water users. The Coastal Bend Region recommended that
water user groups with and without shortages that exceed 165 gallons per capita per day should reduce
consumption by 15 percent by 2060.
SELECT MAJOR WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
• O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant Improvements would provide up to 42,329 acre-feet per year of surface
water starting in 2010 with a capital cost of $31 million.
• Garwood Pipeline would provide 35,000 acre-feet per year of surface water starting in 2020 with a capital
cost of $113 million.
• Off–Channel Reservoir near Lake Corpus Christi would provide 30,340 acre-feet per year of water starting
in the year 2030 with a capital cost of $301 million
• Construction of Lavaca River Off-Channel Diversion and Off-Channel Reservoir Project would provide
16,242 acre-feet per year of water to Region N in 2060 with a capital cost of $139 million for Region N’s
portion of total project costs.
REGION-SPECIFIC STUDIES
The Regional Water Planning Group developed five region-specific studies during the initial phase of the third
planning cycle. The final reports documenting the findings can be found on the TWDB Web-site at https://www.
twdb.state.tx.us/wrpi/rwp/rwp_study.asp#n.
• Evaluation of Additional Potential Regional Water Supplies for Delivery through the Mary Rhodes Pipeline,
Including Gulf Coast Groundwater and Garwood Project
• Optimization and Implementation Studies for Off-Channel Reservoir
• Implementation Analyses for Pipeline from Choke Canyon Reservoir to Lake Corpus Christi, Including
Channel Loss Study Downstream of Choke Canyon Reservoir
• Water Quality Modeling of Regional Water Supply System to Enhance Water Quality and Improve Industrial
Water Conservation
• Region-Specific Water Conservation Best Management Practices
COASTAL BEND PLANNING GROUP MEMBERS AND INTERESTS REPRESENTED
Voting members during adoption of the 2011 Regional Water Plan:
Carola Serrato (Co-Chair) water utilities; Scott Bledsoe, III (Co-Chair), water districts; Tom Ballou, industries;
Chuck Burns, agriculture; Teresa Carrillo, environmental; Billy Dick, municipalities; Lavoyger Durham, counties;
Gary Eddins, electric generating utilities; Pancho Hubert, small business; Pearson Knolle, small business; Robert
Kunkel, industries; Bernard Paulson, other; Thomas Reding, Jr., river authorities; Charles Ring, agriculture;
Mark Scott, municipalities; Kimberly Stockseth, public ; Bill Stockton, counties
Former voting members during the 2006 – 2011 planning cycle:
Bill Beck, electric generating utilities; Patrick Hubert, small business; Josephine Miller, counties; Bobby Nedbalek,
agriculture
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