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Dr Robert Mace - PowerPoint Presentation from the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation Districts Inaugural Texas Panhandle Water Conservation Symposium
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Panhandle water or panhandling for water
- 3. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, circa 1541
- 5. Stephen H. Long 1822
- 6. Randolph Barnes Marcy circa 1849
- 7. Windmills
- 8. John McDonald 1910 Hereford
- 12. groundwater use in Texas (1937 to 2003)
- 15. RESERVOIR CONSERVATION STORAGE DATA
- 17. Reservoir Conditions Reservoir *Current Contents Change from Meredith 0% (0%,-1%) Name as a % of Capacity (Last Month, Last Year) Lavon 52% (+4%,-24%) Elephant Butte 15% (+3%,-7%) Toledo Bend 63% (+4%,-7%) O.H. Ivie 18% (-1%,-15%) Amistad 81% (-2%, -19%) Travis 35% (0%,-43%) * Reservoirs showing 0% contents may have water available in dead pool End of December 2011
- 18. Lake Meredith…
- 19. “Lake” Meredith…
- 21. 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
- 23. What can we do?
- 26. What can we do? Water Management Strategies for 2060 data from the 2011 regional water plans summary
- 27. Ratepayers: • Conserve water • Fixtures • Urban irrigation • Support efforts for secure water • (i.e., higher rates) • Ask about plans
- 28. Industry & Institutional: • Conserve water • Improve efficiency • Reuse? • Support efforts for secure water • (i.e., higher rates) • Ask about plans
- 29. 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
- 30. 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
- 31. Unmet needs… • 2,500,000 acre-feet of unmet needs in 2060 Unmet • 2,460,000 acre-feet from irrigation • 2,100,000 acre-feet from Ogallala Aquifer USGS
- 32. North American Water and Power Alliance 1965
- 35. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1982
- 36. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories 2009
- 37. 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