drought: it ain't over till it's over
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Presentation at the TWCA mid year conference 2012 www.twca.org Robert E. Mace, Ph.D., P.G. Texas Water Development Board presented to the Texas Water Conservation Association Horseshoe Bay, Texas, June 15, 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Drought: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over…
Robert E. Mace, Ph.D., P.G.Texas Water Development Board
presented to the Texas Water Conservation AssociationHorseshoe Bay, Texas, June 15, 2012
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The Drought Ain’t Over Until John Nielsen-Gammon Sings
or…
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3/30/2
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4/18/2
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5/7/2
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5/26/2
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6/14/2
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7/3/2
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7/22/2
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8/10/2
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8/29/2
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9/17/2
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Drought categories with time
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3/30/2
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4/18/2
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5/7/2
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5/26/2
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6/14/2
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7/22/2
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8/10/2
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8/29/2
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10/25/2
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12/2/2
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12/21/2
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1/9/2
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1/28/2
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4/14/2
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6/29/2
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Drought categories with time
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RESERVOIR CONSERVATION STORAGE DATA-1% from last
week( )
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Reservoir Storage by Climatic Region (% Full)
(Change from 5/30/2012)
(+0.03%) (+0.14%)
(-0.37%)
(-0.71%)(-0.11%) (-0.20%)
(-0.40%)
(-1.77%)
(-1.05%)
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“Lake” Meredith (Texas share)
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O.H. Ivie Reservoir
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Lake Brownwood
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Lake Travis
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Falcon Reservoir (Texas share)
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Total storage in Elephant Butte ~ 2,000,000 acre-feet (total storage in Caballo varies during the year from ~350,000 acre-feet to 50,000 acre-feet)
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http:// www.southernclimate.org/products/precip.php
30-Day Precipitation Percentage of Normal
May 1-30, 2012
Percentage of Normal0%-19%20%-39%40%-59%60%-79%80%-99%100%-119%>120%
60%
55%
47%
48%
204%137%
105%72%
105%
73%
April 1-30, 2012
86%
60%
51%
45%74%
99% 38%42%
101%44%
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30-day Mean Flow ConditionsStreamflow Index
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http://www.saws.org/our_water/aquifer/
Groundwater Level in J-17 Well
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
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June 6, 2012
Public Water Supply Systems Affected by
Drought
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/permitting/water_supply/pdw/trot/location.html
RESOLVED (1)WATCH – Voluntary (417)WATCH – Mandatory (592)
Total number of Community water systems affected: 1009Total number of active Community water systems in Texas: 4699
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El Nino/La Nina: 50% chance of El Nino 2nd half 2012
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Demand v. Supply
Demand for water
Water we have now
Acre
-feet
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Robert E. Mace, Ph.D., P.G.Texas Water Development Board
presented to the Texas Water Conservation AssociationHorseshoe Bay, Texas, June 15, 2012