Browsing by Subject "water planning"

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Assessment of Texas water resources in the context of changing climate: toward alignment of research agendas and capabilities with stakeholder needs.
(American Geophysical Union, 2019-12-11) Banner, Jay; Nielsen-Gammon, John W; Tremaine, Darrel M; Gao, Huilin; Hoffpauir, Richard
Long-range water planning is complicated by changes in climate, population, and water use. In Texas, the current approach is to maintain water supplies sufficient to provide adequate water through a repeat of the driest episode in instrumented history. However, the top-level state water plan does not take into consideration potential declines in surface water supply as a function of a drying climate and associated extreme weather events. In that context we review some of the climate factors that may have a large impact on water management. To illustrate how modeled predictions might serve to increase Texas water resiliency, we align these parameters the needs of a prototypical large surface water supplier. We examine the stakeholder perspective on different kinds of climate data, including actionable, incompatible, and unavailable information. Finally, we provide an example of a recent study that attempts to translate climate projections into actionable management information. While it is clear that stakeholders value the predictive capability contained in climate model outputs, we find that currently available data are generally insufficient for supporting true resilience across numerous economic sectors. Indeed, this requires a new suite of tools that provide both short and long-term, stakeholder-specific adaptive planning capacity.
Colonia Housing and Infrastructure Volume 2: Water and Wastewater, PRP 124
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1997) Chapa, Jorge; Eaton, David J.
An Evaluation of Pollution Prevention at the Lower Colorado River Authority, PRP 125
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1999) Eaton, David J.; Kabir, Jobaid
The Future of the South Saskatchewan River Basin: Stakeholder Perspectives
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008) Eaton, David J.
The purpose of this study is to report the opinions of 42 water users and stakeholders regarding the future of water quantity and quality in the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) in Alberta, Canada. The SSRB provides a challenge to sustainability as it is an international watershed draining three Canadian prairie provinces and Montana. This project was developed to document the statements of Alberta stakeholders regarding their preferences for future water use in their portion of the SSRB. The project staff consisted of nine graduate students who interviewed 42 water users within the SSRB. Interviewees included members of the First Nations, farmers, small business owners, land developers, persons affiliated with conservation groups, environmentalists, staff from cities, provincial government, and water districts, as well as scientists from the University of Lethbridge, the University of Calgary, and the University of Alberta. The goal of the interview process was to listen to stakeholders’ diverse concerns over water use in South Saskatchewan River Basin and to describe stakeholder preferences for future use of the basin’s water. This project was funded in part by the IC² Institute.
Implementing Watershed Management in Texas, PRP 105
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1993) Hadden, Susan G.; Hobby, William P.; Myers, Alice; Rose, Mark
Rice Water Irrigation: Conservation Management at the Lower Colorado River Authority, PRP 139
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2001) Eaton, David J.; Kabir, Jobaid
Squeezing a Dry Sponge: Water Planning in Texas, PRP 111
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1994) Hadden, Susan G.; Hobby, William P.
Water planning and management for large scale river basins: Case of study of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo transboundary basin
(Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin, 2011-05) Sandoval-Solis, Samuel; McKinney, Daene C.
What do Groundwater Users Want? Desired Future Conditions for Groundwater in the Texas Hill Country
(LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008) Eaton, David J.; Schwartz, Suzanne; Sharp, Jack
This report examines the changing methodology of groundwater management in Texas by studying the manner in which one Groundwater Management Area (GMA 9 in the Texas Hill Country) complied with new legislative mandates passed in 2005. Texas House Bill (HB) 1763 introduced several changes to groundwater management in Texas. There are 16 groundwater management areas (GMAs) composed of groundwater conservation districts (GCDs), whose boundaries roughly coincide with major Texas aquifers. HB 1763 directed GMAs to define "desired future conditions" (DFCs) within their respective aquifers to be used for future planning purposes. Regional water planning groups are directed to consider each GCD’s "managed available groundwater" (MAG) in their water planning. This report summarizes the activities and findings of a two-semester graduate course entitled "Groundwater Management in Texas" conducted jointly between the Jackson School of Geosciences and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Student researchers conducted stakeholder interviews, observed public meetings, and conducted groundwater modeling to assist GMA 9 in developing DFCs for the Trinity Hill Country Aquifer. This project was funded in part by the IC² Institute.