2019 LCRA Raw Water Conservation Plan lcra.org 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 PURPOSE AND POLICY ...................................................................................................... 3 1.2 HISTORY OF LCRA WATER CONSERVATION ....................................................................... 3 1.3 2014 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN RESULTS..................................................................... 4 1.4 2019 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN DEVELOPMENT ............................................................ 4 2.0 BASELINE PROFILE AND WATER CONSERVATION GOALS ...................................... 4 2.1 OVERVIEW OF LCRA WATER SERVICE AREA ...................................................................... 4 2.2 WATER USE ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.1 Municipal Water Use ................................................................................................. 8 2.2.2 Irrigation and Recreation Water Use ......................................................................... 8 2.2.3 Industrial Water Use .................................................................................................. 8 2.2.4 Domestic and Temporary Water Use ........................................................................ 9 2.2.5 Agricultural Irrigation Water Use ............................................................................... 9 2.3 2019 WATER CONSERVATION GOALS ...............................................................................11 3.0 FIRM WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES............................................................. 12 3.1 MONITORING AND RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ............................................................12 3.2 MONITORING AND MEASURING WATER USE .......................................................................12 3.3 RESERVOIR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS PLAN ..........................................................................12 3.4 FIRM WATER CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................13 3.5 WATER RATES ................................................................................................................13 3.6 CUSTOMER COST-SHARE PROGRAM .................................................................................13 3.7 END-USER CONSERVATION INCENTIVES ............................................................................13 3.8 LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION EVALUATIONS ..............................................................................14 3.9 PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS ...............................................................................14 3.10 SCHOOL EDUCATION ......................................................................................................15 3.11 LCRA FACILITIES ..........................................................................................................15 3.12 MUNICIPAL CUSTOMER MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS .......................................................16 3.13 CITY OF AUSTIN/LCRA WATER PARTNERSHIP .................................................................16 3.14 CONSERVATION RESEARCH AND VERIFICATION ................................................................16 4.0 AGRICULTURAL WATER CONSERVATION STRATEGIES ......................................... 17 4.1 MONITORING AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY .......................................................17 4.2 AGRICULTURAL WATER RATES .........................................................................................18 4.3 AUTOMATION AND MODERNIZATION OF GATES ...................................................................18 4.4 CANAL LINING ..................................................................................................................19 4.5 PRECISION LAND LEVELING ..............................................................................................19 5.0 WHOLESALE POWER GENERATION ........................................................................... 20 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................20 5.2 BASELINE PROFILE ..........................................................................................................20 5.2.1 Water Use ............................................................................................................... 22 5.2.2 Natural Evaporation ................................................................................................ 23 5.3 WATER CONSERVATION SAVINGS AND GOALS ....................................................................23 5.4 SYSTEM-WIDE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES ......................................................................24 1 5.4.1 LCRA POWERHOUSE Education Program ............................................................ 24 5.4.2 Metering and Leak Detection .................................................................................. 24 5.5 CONSERVATION PLANS FOR LCRA POWER PLANTS ...........................................................24 APPENDIX A ......................................................................................................................... 25 MUNICIPAL FIRM WATER CUSTOMER CONTRACTED USE – 2014-2018 ......................................25 IRRIGATION FIRM WATER CUSTOMER CONTRACTED USE – 2014-2018 .....................................27 INDUSTRIAL FIRM WATER CUSTOMER CONTRACTED USE – 2014-2018 .....................................28 APPENDIX B ......................................................................................................................... 29 LOST PINES POWER PLANT WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ........................................ 29 1.0 LOST PINES POWER PARK DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................29 2.0 LOST PINES POWER PARK WATER USE .............................................................................30 2.1 CONDENSER COOLING .....................................................................................................30 2.2 BOILER MAKEUP WATER ..................................................................................................31 2.3 EMPLOYEE SANITATION ....................................................................................................31 2.4 LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION ...................................................................................................31 3.0 LOST PINES POWER PARK WATER CONSERVATION GOALS AND ..........................................32 STRATEGIES..........................................................................................................................32 APPENDIX C ......................................................................................................................... 33 FAYETTE POWER PROJECT WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ........................................ 33 1.0 FAYETTE POWER PROJECT DESCRIPTION ..........................................................................33 2.0 FAYETTE POWER PROJECT WATER USE ............................................................................33 2.1 CONDENSER COOLING .....................................................................................................34 2.2 STACK GAS SCRUBBERS ..................................................................................................34 2.3 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER POND NATURAL EVAPORATION ..................................................34 2.4 BOILER SOOT BLOWING AND VENTS ..................................................................................35 2.5 FPP BOILER SEAL SYSTEMS AND BOTTOM ASH REMOVAL ..................................................35 2.6 PLANT WASH-DOWN SYSTEMS AND DUST SUPPRESSION ....................................................35 2.7 POTABLE WATER PURCHASES ..........................................................................................35 3.0 FAYETTE POWER PROJECT WATER CONSERVATION FEATURES AND STRATEGIES .................36 APPENDIX D ......................................................................................................................... 37 FERGUSON POWER PLANT WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ......................................... 37 1.0 FERGUSON POWER PLANT DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................37 2.0 FERGUSON POWER PLANT WATER USE.............................................................................37 2.1 CONDENSER COOLING .................................................................................................... 37 2.2 BOILER MAKEUP WATER ....................................................................................................37 2.3 EMPLOYEE SANITATION ....................................................................................................38 2.4 LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION ...................................................................................................38 3.0 FERGUSON POWER PLANT WATER CONSERVATION GOALS AND STRATEGIES .......................38 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose and Policy The Lower Colorado River Authority serves customers and communities throughout Texas by managing the lower Colorado River; generating and transmitting electric power; providing a clean, reliable water supply; and offering