Summary: Although Willow Park has established a stable water supply from the Fort Worth Water District* even that water district has long-term threats to its sustainability. The 2022 State Water Plan was discussed at the Texas Water Day at the Capitol, last month. Read articles and watch the video for details.
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Texas Water Day at the Capitol
Although Willow Park has established a stable water supply from the Fort Worth Water District* even that water district has long-term threats to its sustainability. The 2022 State Water Plan was discussed at the Texas Water Day at the Capitol last month. Read articles and watch the video for details. *Willow Park Civics Blog > Water for Willow Park
• Texas Water Day at the Capital, The Texas Native Plant Society, 23 March 2023, Watch the event. Excerpts.
The 2022 State Water Plan “Water for Texas” created by the Texas Water Development Board provided focus for the event, describing the main contributors driving the state’s water needs – drought, population increase and crumbling infrastructure.
We quickly learned that the state is in a similar position to the rest of the nation – its water infrastructure was installed in the early 1970’s and is in desperate need of updating.
Finding solutions to our water problems is made more urgent due to fact that we are a rapidly growing population in a state that regularly experiences drought... One of the easier strategies included fixing current leaks in water systems, which could save 572 thousand acre-feet of water/year, more than the annual water demand of Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Laredo and Lubbock combined
• Texas Water Day at the Capitol, Texas Water Foundation
• 2022 State Water Plan, Texas Water Development Board, July 2021
The 2022 State Water Plan was adopted by the Board on July 7, 2021. Excerpts: The 2022 State Water Plan marks a quarter century of Texas’ widely recognized regional water planning process and the fifth state water plan based on the work of hundreds of water planning stakeholders. The state’s water planning process is founded on extensive data and science and guided by a robust state framework that requires all 16 regional water planning groups to openly and genuinely address all their water supply needs. This plan sets forth thousands of specific, actionable strategies and projects—costs and sponsors included—that clearly demonstrate how Texas will be able to withstand future droughts. Our agency works diligently to continually improve data collection, water science, and other tools in support of better planning, which ultimately result in water projects with tangible benefits for the state.