5.3.11 Guadalupe County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.11-1 lists each water user group in Guadalupe 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 5.3.11-1.
Guadalupe County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
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|
City of Cibolo |
231 |
118 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Marion |
64 |
63 |
Projected surplus |
|
McQueeney (CDP) |
25 |
2 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of New Braunfels |
|
|
See Comal County |
|
City of Schertz |
-5,760 |
-7,059 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
City of Seguin |
-7 |
-2,745 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial2 |
22 |
-4,505 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Industrial |
-1,481 |
-1,893 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
-920 |
-920 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Mining |
-202 |
-213 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Irrigation |
-582 |
-406 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1
From Table 4-11, Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water
User Group. 2
Includes the Cities of Santa Clara and New Berlin. |
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5.3.11.1 City of Cibolo
The City of Cibolo’s current water supply is obtained from the Edwards Aquifer through Green Valley Special Utility District and from Canyon Reservoir. The City of Cibolo is projected to have adequate water supplies from these sources 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 Cibolo implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.11‑2).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 17 acft/yr of supply in 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of additional supply in 2030. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.11-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Cibolo
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030
(acft/yr) |
2040
(acft/yr) |
2050
(acft/yr) |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
17 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
17 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan to meet the City of Cibolo’s projected need are shown in Table 5.3.11-3.
Table 5.3.11-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Cibolo
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$6,807 |
$6,807 |
$6,807 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$400 |
$400 |
$400 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.11.2 City of Marion
The City of Marion’s current water supply is obtained from the Edwards Aquifer and Canyon Reservoir. The City of Marion is projected to have adequate water supplies from these sources to meet the City’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Marion implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.11‑4).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 10 acft/yr of supply in 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of additional supply in 2030. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.11-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Marion
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030
(acft/yr) |
2040
(acft/yr) |
2050
(acft/yr) |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
10 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan to meet the City of Marion’s projected need are shown in Table 5.3.11-5.
Table 5.3.11-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Marion
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$4,004 |
$4,004 |
$4,004 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$400 |
$400 |
$400 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.11.3 McQueeney (CDP)
McQueeney (CDP) is projected to have adequate water supplies available through contracts with Springs Hill WSC for the area east of Lake Dunlap and Green Valley SUD for the area west of Lake Dunlap 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 McQueeney implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.11-6).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 19 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 5.3.11-6.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for McQueeney
|
|
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) |
19 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
19 |
19 |
19 |
0 |