5.3.21 Zavala County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.21-1 lists each water user group in Zavala 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 5.3.21-1.
Zavala County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
||
|
City of Batesville |
385 |
380 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Crystal City |
1,979 |
1,979 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of La Pryor |
682 |
694 |
Projected surplus |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial |
275 |
0 |
Projected surplus |
|
Industrial |
272 |
0 |
Projected surplus |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
0 |
0 |
No projected demand |
|
Mining |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
Irrigation |
-88,293 |
-81,200 |
Projected shortage – see plan below |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1 From Table 4-21,
Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group. |
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5.3.21.1 City of Batesville
The City of Batesville 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 Batesville implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.21-2).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 13 acft/yr of supply. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.21-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Batesville
|
|
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) |
13 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
13 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended
plan for the City of Batesville are shown in
Table 5.3.21-3.
Table 5.3.21-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Batesville
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$4,277 |
$4,277 |
$4,277 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$329 |
$329 |
$329 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.21.2 City of Crystal City
The City of Crystal City is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Carrizo Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demand during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Crystal City implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.21-4).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 154 acft/yr of supply, decreasing to 83 acft/yr of additional supply in 2050. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.21-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Crystal City
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
154 |
157 |
159 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
|
Total New Supply |
154 |
157 |
159 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Crystal City are shown in Table 5.3.21-5.
Table 5.3.21-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Crystal City
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$36,019 |
$36,063 |
$36,200 |
$9,695 |
$9,706 |
$9,716 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$234 |
$230 |
$228 |
$120 |
$118 |
$117 |
5.3.21.3 City of La Pryor
The City of La Pryor 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 La Pryor implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.21-6).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 23 acft/yr of supply, decreasing to 8 acft/yr of additional supply in 2050. (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.21-6.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of La Pryor
|
|
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) |
23 |
23 |
23 |
8 |
8 |
8 |