5.3.10 Gonzales County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.10-1 lists each water user group in Gonzales County and their corresponding surplus or shortage in years 2030 and 2050. For each water user group with a projected shortage, or need, a water supply plan has been developed and is presented in the following subsections.
Table 5.3.10-1.
Gonzales County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
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|
City of Gonzales |
676 |
617 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Nixon |
1,157 |
1,145 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Waelder |
31 |
33 |
Projected surplus |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial |
858 |
832 |
Projected surplus |
|
Industrial |
148 |
0 |
Projected surplus |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
0 |
0 |
No projected demand |
|
Mining |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
Irrigation |
3,025 |
3,527 |
Projected surplus |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1 From Table 4-10,
Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group. |
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5.3.10.1 City of Gonzales
The City of Gonzales is projected to have adequate water supplies available from run-of-river rights to meet the city’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Gonzales implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.10-2).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 122 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 67 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.10-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Gonzales
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
122 |
125 |
127 |
64 |
66 |
67 |
|
Total New Supply |
122 |
125 |
127 |
64 |
66 |
67 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Gonzales are shown in Table 5.3.10-3.
Table 5.3.10-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Gonzales
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$35,962 |
$35,962 |
$35,962 |
$9,338 |
$9,338 |
$9,338 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$295 |
$288 |
$283 |
$146 |
$141 |
$139 |
5.3.10.2 City of Nixon
The City of Nixon is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Carrizo Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by
the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Nixon implement
the following water supply plan
(Table 5.3.10-4).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 20 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.10-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Nixon
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
20 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
20 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Nixon are shown in Table 5.3.10-5.
Table 5.3.10-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Nixon
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$8,320 |
$8,320 |
$8,320 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$416 |
$416 |
$416 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.10.3 City of Waelder
The City of Waelder is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Carrizo Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Waelder implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.10-6).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 7 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.10-6.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Waelder
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
7 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Waelder are shown in Table 5.3.10-7.
Table 5.3.10-7.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Waelder
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|