Water Data in Texas
Texas Water Development Board
Data Source:
Information on this page is sourced from TWDB & its affiliate websites.
Texas Water Development Board (TWBD) is the entity accountable for knowing everything about Water in Texas. TWDB has been accurately providing water data in Texas since it was created in 1957.
Texas Water Visualized Simply
TWDB Chart
North Texas has a population that predictions say will DOUBLE within 50 years, but our total water will decrease by 11%.
This is quite simply not sustainable, and means we have to make changes in our behavior to avoid being complicit in creating a Generation Z water disaster.
We simply must change our ways.
Quick Facts from Texas Water Development Board
Water Fact
"If strategies are not implemented, approximately one-third of Texas’ population would have less than half the municipal water supplies they will require during a drought of record in 2070."
Water Fact
"Texas’ population is expected to increase more than 70 percent between 2020 and 2070, from 29.5 million to 51 million, with over half of this growth occurring in Regions C and H. Water demands are projected to increase less signiPcantly, by approximately 17 percent between 2020 and 2070, from 18.4 million to 21.6 million acre-feet per year."
Water Fact
"If Texas does not implement the state water plan, estimated annual economic losses resulting from water shortages would range from approximately $73 billion in 2020 to $151 billion in 2070."
More Texas Water in Publication
'The Future of Water in Dallas Ft. Worth'
"As water leaves the state and residents continue to flood the North Texas region, a grim picture is painted for the future of water supply."
The Future of Water in Dallas Ft. Worth
from: greensourcedfw.org
By Jada Brazell
'Texas Struggles to Keep Pace as Thirst for Water Intensifies'
"But in a state where prolonged drought is a regular occurrence, officials are struggling to ensure they can SATE everyone's thirst."
Texas Struggles to Keep Pace as Thirst for Water Intensifies
from: nbcdfw.com
By David Warren
'The future of Texas Water'
"Texas is already in a precarious water situation. Regarding how water needs are fulfilled, the state currently uses groundwater to fulfill about 60% of water needs, and surface water is used to fulfill the other 40%."
from: ktb.org
by Kate Cox
The Cold Hard Water Truth
Our Water Reality
Both statements below are from the same information source.
from: https://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/2017/chapters/00-SWP17-EXEC-SUMMARY.pdf
The REALITY of
"Results of the TWDB analysis indicate that Texas businesses and employees could lose $73 billion in income in 2020 and more than$151 billion in 2070, with these impacts accumulating each consecutive year of a multi-year drought."
Compared to the REALITY of
"The total capital costs of the recommended water management strategies in this plan is estimated at $63 billion, with projects anticipated to be completed at various times throughout the next 50 years"
The Texas State Biannual Budget is $250.7 Billion.
WE CAN, WILL, AND MUST CHANGE
"We do have many other important issues that the budget must address, but no problem is more important to solve since nothing is more important than water is to sustaining human life. To avoid the Problem described by Texas Water Development Board a solution has been strategized and could be implemented if we could simply all together arrive at the same place of believing in and ensuring we act accordingly for the necessary change to occur."
-Green Miyagi
"When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battle\eld, it true in business, and it is true in life."
-Jocko Willink
Region C Socioeconomic Impact
TWDB Socioeconomic Impact Summary
This information strongly suggests that acting proactively regarding our water behaviors today is less costly than it will be if we continue to be mostly unaware of our water situation while acting complacently.