6 Key Pieces of Information. TWDB. New Statewide Water Plan.

The 2017 Texas Water Plan:

• Addresses Texas 70% population growth by 2070
• Contains 5,500 strategies to conserve & create additional water sources
• Significant Increase in Aquifer storage recovery
• Significant increase in direct potable reuse
• Capital Costs $62.6 billion
• Water providers will need $36.1 billion in state assistance

The goal is to stave off drought, the economic impact of which would:

• cost Texas 424,000 jobs
• decrease Texas gross domestic product of $73 billion 

KSO | Texas Water Development Board approves plan for 2017

Texas Water Development Baord | The Texas Water Development Board adopts 2017 State Water Plan