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Water for 2060 and Beyond Southern Great Plains Drought Outlook and Assessment Forum March 7, 2013 Kent Wilkins Assistant Division Chief Planning & Management OWRB Mission To enhance the quality of life for Oklahomans by managing,

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Water for 2060 …and Beyond

Kent Wilkins

Assistant Division Chief Planning & Management

Southern Great Plains Drought Outlook and Assessment Forum

March 7, 2013

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To enhance the quality of life for Oklahomans by managing, protecting, and improving the state’s water resources to ensure clean, safe, and reliable water supplies, a strong economy, and a healthy environment

OWRB Mission

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Planning & Management Division

– Hydrologic/hydrogeologic Studies – Well Drillers Licensing: drillers/pump installers of water, geothermal,

  • bservation, monitoring wells

– Water Well Level Monitoring Network – Interstate Stream Compacts: Coordinates Oklahoma’s participation in four interstate stream compacts – National Flood Insurance Program – State Dam Safety Program – Long Range Planning

Water Well Monitoring Network

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Oklahoma’s Water Resources

  • 23 major groundwater aquifers store

320 million acre-feet of water

Ogallala Aquifer:

  • state’s largest groundwater basin
  • # high capacity wells

= 3,200

  • irrigated land

= 206,000 acres

  • 86.6 million acre-feet in storage (enough to

cover the entire state 2 feet deep)

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Oklahoma’s Regulatory Framework

Long-term Permits: Regular/temp. (gw only), term, seasonal

  • GW— Permits indefinite; based on basin yield/land owned
  • SW—Permits subject to revocation for non-use; interference

90-day Provisional Temporary Permits: Nonrenewable; granted at discretion of Director; subject to cancellation; no notice or hearings requirements; land easement Limited Quantity Permits: authorize up to 15 af during calendar yr.; granted at the discretion of Director; require general notice;

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Water Right Applications

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50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Amendments New

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1,825 2,014 924 1,324 1,992 2,442

1,792 1,992 873 1,283 1,877 2,358

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total Oil & Gas

OWRB Provisional Temporary Permits Issued (2007-2012)

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Addressing Near- and Long- Term Water Challenges

  • 2012 Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water

Plan:

– Third OCWP update (original plan, 1980) – Unprecedented citizen involvement and technical study – Offered Recommendations to address 8 Priority Water Issues:

  • Water Project & Infrastructure Funding*
  • Regional Planning Groups
  • Excess & Surplus Water
  • Instream/Environmental Flows
  • State/Tribal Water Consultation & Resolution
  • Water Conservation, Efficiency, Recycling & Reuse*
  • Water Supply Reliability*
  • Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring*
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OK Comprehensive Plan

Executive Report:

  • Synthesis of OCWP technical studies

and results

  • Water policy recommendations

13 Watershed Planning Region Reports:

  • Results of OCWP technical analyses,

including options to address identified water shortages

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Total Water Demands (2010-2060)

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2060 Statewide Water Demand

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Growth by Water Use Sector (2010-2060)

M&I = 28% Irrigation = 21% Thermoelectric = 31% Oil/Gas = 12%

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OCWP Current & Projected Water Demands

Panhandle Region

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Supply Limitations

Surface Water Alluvial Groundwater Bedrock Groundwater

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Average Water Level Decline

  • 40
  • 35
  • 30
  • 25
  • 20
  • 15
  • 10
  • 5

Decline 1 yr Decline 5 yrs POR 30 yrs

Texas Co

Texas Co

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Water Supply Reliability:

  • Ensure water availability for future growth through

fair and sustainable water allocation – aquifer yield studies – stream water allocation models – further analyze various water rights management approaches

  • Gross Production Tax proceeds set aside for water

planning through 2016.

OCWP Priority Recommendation

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Recharge Areas Water-level Change Aquifer Thickness

Model Analysis & GIS Mapping Products

Location-specific analysis

  • Offer robust aquifer

characterization, opportunity for forecasting and “what-if” assessment

  • Well site location
  • Contamination flow

prediction

  • Assessment of potential

groundwater/stream water interactions and effects on reservoir yield

  • Assessment of drought

affects by locations

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Water Quality & Quantity Monitoring:

  • Better data for improved decision-making.
  • Restore funding for statewide water quality and quantity

monitoring program.

  • Create the first comprehensive groundwater monitoring

program.

  • $1.5 Million appropriation to create a permanent

statewide GW/SW monitoring network. OCWP Priority Recommendation

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New Statewide Comprehensive Groundwater Monitoring Program

Potentially 2,000 of the 140,000 existing wells may comprise the new state monitoring network

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Advice!!!

Apply for Water Rights Staff is ready to assist you! Update Current Permits We can review all information! Conservation and Efficiency New technology?

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Kent Wilkins Assistant Division Chief Planning & Management Division Oklahoma Water Resources Board khwilkins@owrb.ok.gov www.owrb.ok.gov

Questions?

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