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LCRA updates board on Water Supply Resource Report; sets 60,000‑acre‑foot planning goal by 2040
Summary
LCRA staff presented the Water Supply Resource Report (WSRR), which sets a planning goal of bringing 60,000 acre‑feet of new firm water supplies online by 2040, evaluates 17 potential supply strategies across conservation, off‑channel reservoirs and non‑Colorado River supplies, and recommends maintaining a 10,000 AF upper‑basin board reserve and establishing a 20,000 AF lower‑basin reserve.
Monica, LCRA staff, presented the Water Supply Resource Report (WSRR) to the Operations Committee on Nov. 12, framing it as a planning document that summarizes study results and public comments but does not direct LCRA to build any particular project.
Monica told the committee the report evaluates firm customer needs through 2080 and establishes a goal "of bringing 60,000 acre feet of new firm supplies online by 2040." She said staff screened more than 60 possible strategies and evaluated 17 candidate strategies against eight performance criteria including supply, cost, environmental and regulatory considerations.
The strategies fall into three categories: conservation and reuse measures that can extend existing supplies; upper‑basin system optimizations and new Colorado River supplies such as off‑channel…
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