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 LLANO ESTACADO
REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUP
Delineated As "Region 0" By The Texas Water Development Board
Here is a quick link to the Llano Estacado
Regional Water Planning Group's web site!
Follow this link to view the 2010
Initially Prepared Llano Estacado Regional Water Management Plan (LERWPG web
site)
History
Beginning in 1994, a group of more than 130 area leaders worked to develop the High Plains Ogallala Aquifer Regional Water Management Plan.
This group consisted of representatives from municipal water authorities, Texas Tech and Texas A&M Universities, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, state agencies, agricultural producer groups, industrial, commercial and institutional water users, livestock feeders and producers, water conservation districts, elected officials, and interested citizens.
After the passage of Senate Bill 1 during the 75th Texas Legislature, the planning group for the High Plains Ogallala Aquifer Regional Water Management Plan was dissolved. It was replaced with another group charged with the responsibility of developing a regional water plan for the area designated as "Region 0" by the Texas Water Development Board.
Llano
Estacado Regional Water Planning Group
In accordance with Senate Bill 1,
the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group consists of no more than 25 voting members,
representing the following water user groups:
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Public
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Counties
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Municipalities
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Industries
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Agriculture
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Environment
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Small Business
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Electric Generating Utilities
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River Authorities
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Municipal Water Supply Districts
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Underground Water Conservation Districts
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Water Utilities
The group's mission statement is "to develop, promote, and implement water conservation, augmentation, and management strategies to provide adequate water supplies for the Llano Estacado Water Planning Region of the High Plains of Texas and to stabilize or improve the economic and social viability and longevity of the region through these activities."
Additional information about the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group is available at
http://www.llanoplan.org
This web site includes the
final version of the initially-prepared 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water Management Plan, an executive summary of the plan, and the minutes of all regional water planning group meetings and committee meetings held to date. Printed copies of the report,
Soils of the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Region, may be ordered from the web site as well.
The site also features a listing of the water management strategies developed by the planning group members, a link to the group’s executive committee, and links to web sites for other regional water planning groups, state governmental agencies, and area underground water conservation districts.
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