AGENDA
Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Group Meeting
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Aqua Water Supply Corporation
415 Old Austin Hwy
Bastrop, TX 78602
10:00 a.m.
Regular Meeting:
- Call
to Order – John Burke
- Welcome
and Introductions – John Burke
- Attendance
Report – Teresa Lutes, Secretary - (5 minutes)
- Consent
Agenda: (5 minutes)
- Approval
of Minutes for March 11th, 2009, April 8th, 2009, May 5th,
2009,
and June 10th, 2009 meetings
- Financial
/ Budget Report – Teresa Lutes / James Kowis
- Committee
Reports: (10 minutes)
- Environmental
Flows Committee – Jennifer Walker
- Modeling
Committee – James Kowis
- Population
and Water Demand Committee – James Kowis
- Discuss
and possible action on Bill Miller’s replacement. – John Burke
– (10 minutes)
- Presentation
on desalination of brackish groundwater – Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District (45 minutes)
- Presentation
and Discussion of water management strategy options for new or changed
shortage (“need”) conditions for WUGs within Region K – AECOM (60 minutes)
- AECOM
will discuss and request approval by the planning group on the currently
used methodology for calculating conservation savings used as a strategy
(same as in the 2006 Plan) or ask that the planning group suggest and
approve an alternative methodology.
- Presentation
and Discussion of all other suggested water management strategy options.
- Consultant
Status Report – AECOM (30 minutes)
- Chapter
1 (Planning Area Description) Major Updates from 2006 Plan
- Population
and Water Demand Updates since last meeting
- Supply
Analysis Updates since last meeting
- Conservation
and Drought Contingency Plan data
- Criteria
to be used for Evaluating WMS Impacts to Environmental Flows
- Schedule
and Upcoming Tasks
- Update
on LCRA’s Water Supply Resource Planning effort – James Kowis (15 minutes)
- New
/ Other Business (time permitting)
- Calendar
- Agenda
Items for Next Meeting
- Public
Comments – limit 3 minutes per person
- Adjourn