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
(acft/yr)

2050
(acft/yr)

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.

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
(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)

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
(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)

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
(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)

23

23

23

8

8

8