panhandle water or panhandling for water
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Dr Robert Mace - PowerPoint Presentation from the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation Districts Inaugural Texas Panhandle Water Conservation SymposiumTRANSCRIPT
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, circa 1541
Zebulan Pike 1806
Stephen H. Long 1822
Randolph Barnes Marcy circa 1849
Windmills
John McDonald 1910 Hereford
Mahlon E. Layne 1902
groundwater use in Texas (1937 to 2003)
RESERVOIR CONSERVATION STORAGE DATA
Reservoir Conditions
Toledo Bend 63% (+4%,-7%)
Amistad 81% (-2%, -19%) Travis 35% (0%,-43%)
End of December 2011
Lavon 52% (+4%,-24%)
O.H. Ivie 18% (-1%,-15%)
Meredith 0% (0%,-1%) Reservoir *Current Contents Change from Name as a % of Capacity (Last Month, Last Year)
* Reservoirs showing 0% contents may have water
available in dead pool
Elephant Butte 15% (+3%,-7%)
Lake Meredith…
“Lake” Meredith…
Here a plan, there a plan, everywhere a plan plan!
• Regional water plans • State water plan • Water conservation plans • Drought contingency plans • Drought preparedness plan • State emergency management plan
What can we do?
What can we do?
data from the 2011 regional water plans summary
Water Management Strategies for
2060
Ratepayers: • Conserve water
• Fixtures • Urban irrigation
• Support efforts for secure water • (i.e., higher rates)
• Ask about plans
Industry & Institutional: • Conserve water
• Improve efficiency • Reuse?
• Support efforts for secure water • (i.e., higher rates)
• Ask about plans
Water providers: • Implement water plan (don’t hesita
• Build projects • Conserve water
• Conjunctive use • Surface water & groundwater • Reuse • Desalination
• Ask “What if?” questions • Update plans
Producers: • Conserve water
• Increase irrigation efficiency • Increase irrigation conservation
• Ag Demo projects • Drought tolerant crops
• Support efforts to secure water • Support efforts to conserve water
USGS
Unmet
• 2,500,000 acre-feet of unmet needs in 2060
• 2,460,000 acre-feet from irrigation
• 2,100,000 acre-feet from Ogallala Aquifer
Unmet needs…
North American Water and Power Alliance 1965
R.W. Beck & Associates 1967
Texas Water Development Board 1968
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1982
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories 2009
Producers: • Conserve water
• Increase irrigation efficiency • Increase irrigation conservation
• Ag Demo projects • Drought tolerant crops
• Support efforts to secure water • Support efforts to conserve water
