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Counties in Region:
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SAN PATRICIO, NUECES, MCMULLEN, LIVE OAK, KLEBERG, KENEDY, JIM WELLS, DUVAL, BROOKS, BEE, ARANSAS
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Major Cities:
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Corpus Christi
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Population 2000:
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569,292
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Population 2050:
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943,912
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Total Water Use, 2000:
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223797 Acre-Feet
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Total Water Use, 2050:
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309754 Acre-Feet
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Primary Rivers:
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Nueces, Nueces-Rio Grande, San Antonio-Nueces
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Major Aquifers:
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Gulf Coast, Carrizo-Wilcox
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Annual Precipitation:
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24-36 Inches
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Net Evaporation:
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40-52 Inches
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Regional Planning Activity Information From
The Teaxs Water Development Board
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SUPPLY 1995
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DEMAND 2000
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DEMAND 2050
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SOURCE
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PERCENT
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SECTOR
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ACRE-FEET
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PERCENT
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SECTOR
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ACRE-FEET
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PERCENT
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Groundwater
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25.5%
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Irrigation
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13009
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5.8%
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Irrigation
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8496
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2.7%
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Surfacewater
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74.5%
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Manufacturing
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67785
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30.3%
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Manufacturing
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118641
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38.3%
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Livestock
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8270
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3.7%
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Livestock
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8270
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2.7%
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Mining
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11969
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5.3%
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Mining
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6146
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2.0%
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Municipal
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119464
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53.4%
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Municipal
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164901
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53.2%
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Power
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3300
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1.5%
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Power
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3300
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1.1%
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- Population is expected to grow by 75 percent between 1995 and 2050. Water demand will increase by a similar
amount because of municipal and manufacturing demands.
- The region has insufficient surface water supplies to meet expected demands.
- Several of the smaller cities in the region will require expensive upgrades of their drinking water systems to
meet Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.
- Corpus Christi will not be able to meet its demands from Lake Corpus and Choke Canyon. The TWDB
recommends the construction of conveyance facilities from Lake Texana on the Lavaca River by 2010, and from Garwood Irrigation District in the Colorado Basin by 2040.
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