Texas Water Development Board
Bech Bruun – Chairman
Drought in Texas
October 5, 2010
October 4, 2011
Statewide Reservoir Conditions
January 18, 2016
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Communities Served
Since TWDB’s
Inception in 1957,
the TWDB has
committed over
$19.1 billion in loans
and grants
TWDB Programs
Water
Development
Fund (DFund)
Rural Water
Assistance Fund
(RWAF)
Economically
Distressed Areas
Program (EDAP)
Clean Water
State Revolving
Fund (CWSRF)
TX Agricultural
Water
Conservation
Bond Program
Drinking Water
State Revolving
Fund (DWSRF)
State Water
Implementation
Revenue Fund for
Texas (SWIRFT)
State
Participation
(SP)
Area Financial Assistance
Ralls $252,500 (CWSRF)
 WWTP Lagoon
 Savings: $164,000
Smith Management Services $128,000 (DWSRF)
 Cox Addition Arsenic Removal
 Savings: $128,000
White River MWD $2,610,000 (DWSRF)
 Regional Water System Upgrade
 Savings: $716,919
Anton $3,000,000 (DFUND)
 Wastewater and Water System Improvements
 Savings: $136,000
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2015 SWIRFT Funding
Structure
Board Participation
Deferred
Low-Interest
Amount Requested
$ 104,240,000
31,115,000
764,305,000
$ 899,660,000
Composition for FY 2015
$104,240,000
$31,115,000
$764,305,000
Low-Interest 2015
Board Participation 2015
Deferred 2015
SWIRFT 2015 Savings
Applicant
2015 Total
2015 TOTAL
$899,660,000
Selected Samples…
Tarrant Regional Water
District
Net
SWIFT Interest
Subsidy
Cost
%
Savings
Savings
$106,679,514
8.5%
$440,000,000
22% (L)
2.89%
$58,061,108
8.1%
City of Marfa
North Fort Bend Water
Authority
Guadalupe Blanco River
Authority
$705,000
35.5% (L)
2.06%
$87,888
9.1%
$8,670,000
35.5% (L)
1.96%
$1,124,693
9.6%
$2,000,000
15% (D)
2.94%
$562,936
19.1%
Coastal Water Authority
$66,565,000
0% (BP)
4.02%
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For Board Participation, no savings calculations have been included due to the structure of the financing. This type of financing does not receive subsidy.
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TWDB Groundwater Resources
 Monitor groundwater levels and groundwater quality in
9 major and 21 minor aquifers
 Conduct regional-scale groundwater modeling
 House and maintain water well records
 Review and approve groundwater management plans
 Develop and deliver modeled available groundwater
estimates
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Groundwater Data
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Educational Videos
http://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater
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Regional Water Planning
Statutory interests:
 Public
 Counties
 Municipalities
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Industries
Agriculture
Environment
Small businesses
 Electric-generating
utilities
 River authorities
 Water districts
 Water utilities
 Groundwater
management areas
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Agricultural Water Conservation Grants
$600,000 – Applications due by Feb. 17
Categories
1) Technical Assistance, Outreach, Education, and
Demonstrations
2) Agricultural Water Use Monitoring Equipment
3) Feasibility Study for Development of a Statewide
Evapotranspiration Network
4) Study of Irrigation Efficiency in Texas
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Additional Information
Texas Water Development Board:
www.twdb.texas.gov
The 2012 State Water Plan is available at:
www.texasstatewaterplan.org
Bech Bruun, Chairman
bech.bruun@twdb.texas.gov
512-463-7847
@twdb_bech