Drought Contingency Plan
Updated: June 19, 2007
North Texas Municipal Water District
North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) initiated Stage 3
(Severe) of the NTMWD Water Conservation and Drought Contingency
Plan in June, 2006.
NTMWD is a wholesale water provider serving 1.5 million people
in the North Texas area. The City of Wylie is a NTMWD member city.
East Fork SUD and Wylie Northeast Water, who also supply water to
Wylie residents, are NTMWD customers.
Water IQ: Know Your Water
NTMWD is the first in Texas to implement the "Water IQ: Know
Your Water" campaign, which was developed for the Texas Water
Development Board. "Water IQ: Know Your Water" is a public
education and awareness campaign that encourages residents to learn
more about their water resources and how to save them.
Long-Range Planning Efforts
NTMWD has met and continues to plan to meet the water needs of the
NTMWD service area both in the near-term and long-term.
Case in point…in the last twelve (12) months, NTMWD has contracted
for two additional supplies of water to meet the near-term demands:
1. One supply was obtained in 2006 through the purchase of 18,000
acre-feet per year of water from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority
from Lake Texoma. The facilities and pipelines are in place for
the immediate use of the raw water.
2. A second supply was obtained in late 2005 from the Sabine River
Authority from the use of 50,000 – 80,000 acre-feet per year
from the upper Sabine River Basin (Lake Tawakoni and Lake Fork).
The facilities and pipelines are under design with construction
commencing later this year. The current schedule projects that the
additional supply will be on-line in early 2008.
In addition to these supplies, NTMWD has a permit pending with
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the East
Fork Reuse Project in Kaufman County which will initially produce
80,000 acre-feet per year and ultimately 102,000 acre-feet per year.
The design of the project is being completed and construction is
commencing. With the approval of the water rights permit from the
TCEQ, the project is currently schedule to be on-line in 2008.
The development and/or acquisition of large supplies of water are
difficult and require a long period of time. Currently, the NTMWD
service area is experiencing rapid growth and the worst drought
in the last 50 years. Growth and drought coupled, with the difficulty
in obtaining the State and Federal permits required to develop additional
supplies, continues to be a major challenge facing NTMWD.
NTMWD Region
C Plan
*note: This State-required planning document lays out NTMWD’s
planning strategies to meet the long-term water needs for the area
served. The State requires the plan to be updated every five (5)
years.
Websites
North Texas Municipal
Water District
Water IQ Campaign
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