5.3.19  Victoria County Water Supply Plan

Table 5.3.19-1 lists each water user group in Victoria 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 5.3.19-1.
Victoria County Surplus/Shortage

Water User Group

Surplus/Shortage1

Comment

2030
(acft/yr)

2050
(acft/yr)

City of Bloomington

249

192

Projected surplus

City of Victoria

2,438

819

Projected surplus

Rural Area Residential and Commercial

262

0

Projected surplus

Industrial

8,462

0

Projected surplus

Steam-Electric Power

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

Mining

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

Irrigation

162

162

Projected surplus

Livestock

0

0

No projected surplus/shortage

1    From Table 4-19, Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group.

5.3.19.1   City of Bloomington

The City of Bloomington 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 Bloomington implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.19-2).

§         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 2030 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).

Table 5.3.19-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Bloomington

 

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)

19

19

19

0

0

0

Total New Supply

19

19

19

0

0

0

The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Bloomington are shown in Table 5.3.19-3.

Table 5.3.19-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Bloomington

Plan Element

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Cost ($/yr)

$7,683

$7,683

$7,683

$0

$0

$0

Unit Cost ($/acft)

$404

$404

$404

$0

$0

$0

 

5.3.19.2   City of Victoria

The City of Victoria is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and 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 Victoria implement the following water supply plan
(Table 5.3.19-4).

§         Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000.  This project can provide an additional 543 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).

§         Purchase Water from Major Provider to be implemented in 2000.  This project can supply an additional 1,240 acft/yr beginning in 2000.

Table 5.3.19-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Victoria

 

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)

543

543

543

0

0

0

Purchase Water from Major Provider

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

1,240

Total New Supply

1,783

1,783

1,783

1,240

1,240

1,240

 

The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Victoria are shown in Table 5.3.19-5.

Table 5.3.19-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Victoria

Plan Element

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Cost ($/yr)

$219,577

$219,577

$219,577

$0

$0

$0

Unit Cost ($/acft)

$404

$404

$404

$0

$0

$0

Purchase Water from Major Provider

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

1 This project is currently underway with existing funds, therefore no cost has been projected.

5.3.19.3   Rural Area Residential and Commercial

The rural area of Victoria County is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and run-of-river rights to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.

5.3.19.4   Industrial

Industrial is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and run-of-river rights to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.

5.3.19.5   Steam-Electric Power

Steam-electric power is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and run-of-river rights to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.

5.3.19.6   Mining

Mining is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.

5.3.19.7   Irrigation

Irrigation is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and run-of-river rights to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.

5.3.19.8   Livestock

Livestock is projected to have adequate water supplies available from local sources to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.