5.3.13  Karnes County Water Supply Plan

Table 5.3.13-1 lists each water user group in Karnes 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 5.3.13-1.
Karnes County Surplus/Shortage

Water User Group

Surplus/Shortage1

Comment

2030
(acft/yr)

2050
(acft/yr)

City of Karnes City

556

509

Projected surplus

City of Kenedy

369

285

Projected surplus

City of Runge

272

255

Projected surplus

Rural Area Residential and Commercial

64

0

Projected surplus

Industrial

43

0

Projected surplus

Steam-Electric Power

0

0

No projected demand

Mining

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

Irrigation

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

Livestock

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

1    From Table 4-13, Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group.

5.3.13.1   City of Karnes City

The City of Karnes City 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 Karnes City implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.13-2).

§         Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000.  This project can provide an additional 29 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2030 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).

Table 5.3.13-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Karnes City

 

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)

29

29

29

0

0

0

Total New Supply

29

29

29

0

0

0

 

The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Karnes City are shown in Table 5.3.13-3.

Table 5.3.13-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Karnes City

Plan Element

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Cost ($/yr)

$11,513

$11,513

$11,513

$0

$0

$0

Unit Cost ($/acft)

$397

$397

$397

$0

$0

$0

 

5.3.13.2   City of Kenedy

The City of Kenedy 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 Kenedy implement the following water supply plan
(Table 5.3.13-4).

§         Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000.  This project can provide an additional 37 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2030 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).

Table 5.3.13-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Kenedy

 

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)

37

37

37

0

0

0

Total New Supply

37

37

37

0

0

0

The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Kenedy are shown in Table 5.3.13-5.

Table 5.3.13-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Kenedy

Plan Element

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Cost ($/yr)

$14,689

$14,689

$14,689

$0

$0

$0

Unit Cost ($/acft)

$397

$397

$397

$0

$0

$0

 

5.3.13.3   City of Runge

The City of Runge is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast 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 Runge implement the following water supply plan
(Table 5.3.13-6).

§         Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000.  This project can provide an additional 11 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2030 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).

Table 5.3.13-6.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Runge

 

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)

11

11

11

0

0

0

Total New Supply

11

11

11

0

0