Water Supply

EMAIL to EPWU Water Resource Manager 6/12/09

Please read the following statements from the EPWU web site. The table in statement 1 shows that additional water supply will be needed in 2010. Statement 2 indicates that the existing water supply is sufficient for 50 years and beyond. Which statement is true. Have you revised the table in statement 1?

Statement 1:

The 2006 regional plan provided for meeting all future non agricultural demands in El Paso County through the adoption of Alternative 6, which included conjunctive use of local surface and groundwater resources, continued conservation, expansion of reclaimed water use, and the importation of groundwater from the Dell City area and from the Capita Reef Aquifer, located southeast of Dell City. A summary of Alternative 6 is presented in the table presented below. Other potential imported supplies identified in other alternatives from Antelope Ranch and Wildhorse Ranch will not be used prior to 2060 under the adopted alternative.

Year

	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
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

Statement 2:
The facilities augment existing supplies to make sure El Paso and Ft. Bliss have sufficient water for growth and development for 50 years and beyond.
source: http://www.epwu.org/water/desal_info.html