5.3.14 Kendall County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.14-1 lists each water user group in Kendall 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 5.3.14-1.
Kendall County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
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|
City of Boerne |
-974 |
-2,528 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
City of Comfort |
387 |
356 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Fair Oaks Ranch |
|
|
See Bexar County |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial |
-3,811 |
-6,847 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Industrial |
-4 |
-6 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
0 |
0 |
No projected demand |
|
Mining |
1 |
0 |
Projected surplus |
|
Irrigation |
30 |
30 |
Projected surplus |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1 From
Table 4-14, Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User
Group. |
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5.3.14.1 City of Boerne
The City of Boerne’s current water supply is obtained from the Trinity Aquifer and Cibolo Creek at Boerne Lake. The City of Boerne is projected to need additional water supplies beginning in the year 2000. The following options were considered to meet the city’s projected need:
§ Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun.)
§ Western Canyon Regional Water Supply Project
§ Purchase Water from Major Provider
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Boerne implement the following water supply plan to meet the projected need for the city (Table 5.3.14-2).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 42 acft/yr of supply in 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr in 2030. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
§ Western Canyon Regional Water Supply Project to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 1,861 acft/yr of supply beginning in 2000.
§ Purchase Water from Major Provider, such as the Regional Water Provider for Bexar County, to obtain additional supplies of 1,000 acft/yr in 2050.
Table 5.3.14-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Boerne
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030
(acft/yr) |
2040
(acft/yr) |
2050
(acft/yr) |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
34 |
486 |
493 |
974 |
1,587 |
2,528 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
42 |
42 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Western Canyon Regional Water Supply Project |
1,861 |
1,861 |
1,861 |
1,861 |
1,861 |
1,861 |
|
Purchase Water from Major Provider |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Total New Supply |
1,903 |
1,903 |
1,903 |
1,861 |
1,861 |
2,861 |
The costs of the recommended plan to meet the City of Boerne’s projected need are shown in Table 5.3.14-3.
Table 5.3.14-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Boerne
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$16,340 |
$16,340 |
$16,340 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$389 |
$389 |
$389 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Western Canyon Regional Water
Supply Project |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
N/A1 |
|
Purchase Water from Major
Provider |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$549,000 |
$549,000 |
$549,000 |
|
|
$328,000 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
N/A2 |
N/A2 |
N/A2 |
|
|
$328 |
|
1 This project is currently under development with existing funds, therefore costs not included. 2 Reflects early participation in a project to ensure future needs are met. |
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5.3.14.2 City of Comfort
The City of Comfort is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Comfort implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.14-4).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 17 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.14-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Comfort
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
17 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
17 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Comfort are shown in Table 5.3.14-5.
Table 5.3.14-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Comfort
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$6,614 |
$6,614 |
$6,614 |
$0 |