5.3.6 DeWitt County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.6-1 lists each water user group in DeWitt 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 5.3.6-1.
DeWitt County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
||
|
City of Cuero |
1,013 |
871 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Yoakum |
214 |
72 |
Projected surplus |
|
City of Yorktown |
759 |
700 |
Projected surplus |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial |
172 |
209 |
Projected surplus |
|
Industrial |
5 |
5 |
Projected surplus |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
0 |
0 |
No projected demand |
|
Mining |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
Irrigation |
57 |
93 |
Projected surplus |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1 From Table 4-6,
Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group. |
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5.3.6.1 City of Cuero
The City of Cuero is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demands during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Cuero implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.6-2).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 125 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 74 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.6-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Cuero
|
|
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) |
125 |
127 |
130 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
|
Total New Supply |
125 |
127 |
130 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Cuero are shown in Table 5.3.6-3.
Table 5.3.6-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Cuero
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$40,580 |
$40,580 |
$40,580 |
$12,808 |
$12,808 |
$12,808 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$325 |
$320 |
$312 |
$188 |
$180 |
$173 |
5.3.6.2 City of Yoakum
The City of Yoakum is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demands during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by
the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Yoakum implement
the following water supply plan
(Table 5.3.6-4).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 21 acft/yr beginning in year 2000, decreasing to 0 acft/yr of supply in 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.6-4.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Yoakum
|
|
2000
(acft/yr) |
2010
(acft/yr) |
2020
(acft/yr) |
2030 |
2040
|
2050 |
|
Projected Need (Shortage) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Recommended Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Demand Reduction (Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
21 |
21 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
21 |
21 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Yoakum are shown in Table 5.3.6-5.
Table 5.3.6-5.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Yoakum
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$8,837 |
$8,837 |
$8,837 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$421 |
$421 |
$421 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.6.3 City of Yorktown
The City of Yorktown is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer to meet the city’s projected demands during the planning period.
Working within the planning criteria established by the SCTRWPG and the TWDB, it is recommended that the City of Yorktown implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.6-6).
§ Municipal demand reduction (conservation) to be implemented in 2000. This project can provide an additional 22 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 5.3.6-6.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Yorktown
|
|
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) |
22 |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total New Supply |
22 |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The costs of the recommended plan for the City of Yorktown are shown in Table 5.3.6-7.
Table 5.3.6-7.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Yorktown
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|