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
(acft/yr)

2050
(acft/yr)

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.

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
(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)

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
(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)

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
(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)

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)