5.3.9 Goliad County Water Supply Plan
Table 5.3.9-1 lists each water user group in Goliad 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 5.3.9-1.
Goliad County Surplus/Shortage
|
Water
User Group |
Surplus/Shortage1 |
Comment |
|
|
2030 |
2050 |
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|
City of Goliad |
948 |
915 |
Projected surplus |
|
Rural Area Residential and Commercial |
50 |
22 |
Projected surplus |
|
Industrial |
0 |
0 |
No projected demand |
|
Steam-Electric Power |
3,577 |
3,579 |
Projected surplus |
|
Mining |
3 |
0 |
Projected surplus |
|
Irrigation |
2,434 |
2,531 |
Projected surplus |
|
Livestock |
0 |
0 |
No projected surplus/shortage |
|
1 From Table 4-9,
Section 4.1 – Water Needs Projections by Water User Group. |
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5.3.9.1 City of Goliad
The City of Goliad 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 Goliad implement the following water supply plan (Table 5.3.9-2).
· 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 2050 (See Section 6, Supplement 2 and Volume III, Section 1.1).
Table 5.3.9-2.
Recommended Water Supply Plan for the City of Goliad
|
|
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) |
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 Goliad are shown in Table 5.3.9-3.
Table 5.3.9-3.
Recommended Plan Costs by Decade for the City of Goliad
|
Plan
Element |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
|
Demand Reduction
(Conservation) (L-10 Mun) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual Cost ($/yr) |
$8,626 |
$8,626 |
$8,626 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Unit Cost ($/acft) |
$454 |
$454 |
$454 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
5.3.9.2 Rural Area Residential and Commercial
The rural area of Goliad County 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.
5.3.9.3 Industrial
There is no projected industrial water demand in Goliad County, therefore no water management strategies are recommended for this water user group.
5.3.9.4 Steam-Electric Power
Steam-electric power is projected to have adequate water supplies available from the Gulf Coast Aquifer and Coleto Creek Reservoir to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.
5.3.9.5 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.
5.3.9.6 Irrigation
Irrigation is projected to have adequate water supplies available from run-of-river rights to meet the water user group’s projected demand during the planning period.
5.3.9.7 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.