New Water Supply |
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EMAIL to EPWU Water Resource Manager 6/12/09
Statement 1 says that the desalination plant created a new water supply. This new water supply is not shown in table two. Which statement is correct?
Statement 1:
Using a previously unusable brackish groundwater supply, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant is creating a new supply of water - water from water.
source: http://www.epwu.org/water/desal_info.html
Statement 2:
|
2010 |
2020 |
2030 |
2040 |
2050 |
2060 |
| Existing Conjunctive Use Supply |
145,000 |
145,000 |
145,000 |
145,000 |
145,000 |
145,000 |
| Existing Reclaimed Water Supply |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
| Additional Reclaimed Water Supply |
2,387 |
5,531 |
8,676 |
11,820 |
14,964 |
18,109 |
| Additional Rio Grande Diversions |
0 |
10,000 |
15,000 |
20,000 |
20,000 |
20,000 |
| Dell City Groundwater |
0 |
0 |
15,000 |
16,000 |
33,000 |
50,000 |
| Capitan Reef Groundwater |
0
|
0 |
0 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
| Total Supply |
152,387 |
165,531 |
188,676 |
207,820 |
227,964 |
248,109 |
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| Projected Demand |
138,905 |
164,672 |
187,557 |
207,317 |
227,299 |
247,424 |
| Projected Population |
714,375 |
823,104 |
918,534 |
1,000,838 |
1,083,142 |
1,165,44 |
source: http://www.epwu.org/water/water_resources.html
