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SAWS: Exceptional drought prompts 2025 water-management plan and new supply projects
Summary
San Antonio Water System officials told the Municipal Utilities Committee May 20 that Bexar County is in "exceptional" drought, outlined stage‑5 curtailments to Edwards Aquifer permits and described the 2025 Water Management Plan and a sequence of projects to secure supplies through 2075.
San Antonio Water System officials told the Municipal Utilities Committee on May 20 that Bexar County is in "exceptional drought" and presented a 2025 Water Management Plan that combines conservation, storage and multiple new supply projects to meet the city’s projected needs through 2075.
The 2025 plan is intended to address the current multiyear rainfall deficit and long-term growth. "This is about as bad as a drought can get," said Steven Siebert, manager in SAWS’ Water Resources Department, summarizing the drought-monitoring data showing the region inside the darkest, most severe U.S. Drought Monitor category. Siebert said May rainfall had improved the monthly average to roughly 65% at the airport after a major rain event, but the city remained deep in a long-term deficit: since 2020 SAWS has recorded about a 55‑inch rainfall…
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