Table 5.1-1. South Central Texas Regional Water Plan

Water Supply Option Summary Sorted by Unit Cost*

Notes:

*This is the list of stand alone options as presented in Volume III. As these options were fitted into the Regional Water Plan, the quantities were reduced in some cases, and the costs were recalculated for the quantity included in the plan.

						Efficiency /	Quantity of	Environmental			Time to	Land
Count	Section	Option	Water Supply Options	Type of Water Supply Option	Type of Water Supply	Unit Cost	Water	Composite	Public		Implement	Impacted
No.		No.				($/acft)	(acft/yr)	Average^1	Acceptability^2	Reliability^3	(years)	(acres)
			Treated Water Supply Options
1	1.10	SCTN-17	Desalination of Brackish Groundwater	Local/Conservation/Reuse/Exchange	Treated Water Delivered	564	476	1.0	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	0
2	6.1	CZ-10C	Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer between San Marcos and Frio Rivers (75,000 acft/yr)	Carrizo and Other Aquifers	Treated Water Distributed	590	75,000	1.1	2.0	1.0	1 to 5	429
3	6.2	CZ-10D	Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer between Colorado and Frio Rivers	Carrizo and Other Aquifers	Treated Water Distributed	632	220,000	1.3	2.0	1.0	1 to 5	1,437
4	4.1	G-15C	Canyon Reservoir Water Released to Lake Nolte - Treated Water to Distribution System or Recharge Zone	Existing Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	672	15,000	1.0	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	151
5	3.3	C-17A	Colorado River in Colorado County - Buy Stored Water and Irrigation Rights; Firm Yield	River Diversion with Storage	Treated Water Distributed	677	125,000	1.0	3.0	1.0	5 to 15	749
6	6.3	SCTN-3c	Simsboro Aquifer - Bastrop, Lee, and Milam Counties with Delivery to Major Municipal Demand Center	Carrizo and Other Aquifers	Treated Water Distributed	707	75,000	1.2	3.0	1.0	1 to 5	671
7	5.12	G-16C1	Cuero Reservoir - Firm Yield	Potential New Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	718	152,606	2.3	3.0	1.0	> 15	41,886
8	3.1	G-38C	Guadalupe River Diversion at Gonzales to Mid-Cities and/or Major Water Providers, with Regional Water Treatment Plant	River Diversion with Storage	Treated Water Delivered	736	29,217	1.0	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	644
9	3.2c	SCTN-16c	Lower Guadalupe River Diversions	River Diversion with Storage	Treated Water Distributed	755	94,000	1.4	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	2,040
10	4.4	C-13C	Colorado River at Bastrop - Purchase of Stored Water - Firm Yield	Existing Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	769	50,000	1.0	3.0	1.0	5 to 15	440
11	5.2b	S-15Db	Cibolo Reservoir with Imported Water from the San Antonio and Guadalupe Rivers - Firm Yield	Potential New Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	773	91,942	2.1	3.0	1.0	5 to 15	17,160
12	5.2a	S-15Da	Cibolo Reservoir with Imported Water from the San Antonio River - Firm Yield	Potential New Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	779	69,925	2.1	3.0	1.0	5 to 15	16,960
13	3.2b	SCTN-16b	Lower Guadalupe River Diversions	River Diversion with Storage	Treated Water Distributed	788	74,000	1.4	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	1,886
14	5.4	S-16C	Goliad Reservoir - Firm Yield	Potential New Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	856	99,687	2.4	3.0	1.0	> 15	28,272
15	5.11	G-17C1	Sandies Creek Reservoir - Firm Yield	Potential New Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	865	80,836	2.4	3.0	1.0	> 15	27,240
16	4.3b	SCTN-14b	Joint Development of Water Supply with Corpus Christi - Firm Yield	Existing Reservoirs	Treated Water Distributed	869	148,200	1.4	1.0	1.0	1 to 5	958
17	3.2a	SCTN-16a	Lower Guadalupe River Diversions