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Water Quality & Quantity Issues in the Nueces River Basin

Nueces River Basin

• 1,084 stre a m mile s
• 16,950 mi2 (10,848,000 a c re s)
• 23 Co untie s
• Ata sc o sa , F

rio , & Sa b ina l rive rs inc lude d

Private Lands

• Hunting
• F

ishing

• L

ive sto c k Gra zing

• Wa te r rig hts
• Othe r issue s?

Recreational Use

• Cho ke Ca nyo n L

a ke

• L

a ke Co rpus Christi

• Ga rne r Sta te Pa rk
• L
• st Ma ple s Sta te Na tura l Are a
• Othe rs

Texas Land Trends

Texas Land Trends

Texas Land Trends

Year 1-100 100-500 500-1000 1000-2000 2000+ 1997 89,861 684,746 714,803 1,023,695 7,528,766 2002 96,637 709,805 734,946 983,103 7,373,542 2007 129,893 757,763 711,372 944,634 7,298,734

Texas Land Trends

Water Quantity

• Nue c e s Rive r F

lo w (539,700 a c re -fe e t-pe r-ye a r)

• Gro undwa te r
• E

dwa rds Aq uife r (no rth)

• Ca rrizo -Wilc o x Aq uife r (so uth)
• 3 o the rs
• Re se rvo irs
• Cho ke Ca nyo n (695,000 a c re fe e t)
• L

a ke Co rpus Christi (257,000 a c re fe e t)

Water Use

• Munic ipa l
• 500,000 pe o ple re ly o n the re se rvo irs a s prima ry wa te r so urc e (Co rpus

Christi)

• L

ive sto c k

• I

rrig a tio n

• Mining
• Ma nufa c turing
• Stre a m E

le c tric

• Oil & Ga s

Future State Water Demands

Water Quality

• 11 o f 17 se g me nts

liste d a s impa ire d

• T

DS, L

• w DO, Ba c te ria ,

Chlo ride , Nitra te s,

• 11 o f 17 se g me nts

liste d with c o nc e rns

• Chlo ro phyll-a , L
• w DO,

I mpa ire d ha b ita t, Nitra te s, & Ba c te ria

• 3 o f 17 se g me nts

with no c o nc e rns o r impa irme nts

• Uppe r se g me nts with little

flo w

13

Oil and Gas – Eagle Ford Shale

• L

a ndsa t 1993- 2014 - CDA

• E

stima te d inc re a se :

• 23,000 we ll

pa ds

• 84,000 a c re s
• 65% o f

c o nstruc tio n

• c c urre d

2011-2014

Oil & Gas

Night Time Illumination

The Scenario

• T

he Nue c e s Rive r Ba sin is o ve r 90% na tive ra ng e la nd

• T

he re a re e a rly sig ns o f lo ss a nd fra g me nta tio n o f priva te rura l wo rking la nds

• Ma rke t va lue o f the se la nds is skyro c ke ting , ma king

it inc re a sing ly diffic ult to ke e p rura l la nds rura l

• T

he ma jo rity o f the wa te r b o die s ha ve so me fo rm o f impa irme nt

• T

he E a g le F

• rd Sha le ha s “c ha ng e d the g a me ”

The Response

• Ho w do we a ddre ss wa te r q ua lity a nd q ua ntity

c o nc e rns in the Nue c e s Rive r Ba sin fro m a c o nse rva tio n fina nc e pe rspe c tive ?

1. Wha t is the pro g ra m struc ture ?

• Who a re the pla ye rs?
• Ho w do e s the mo ne y flo w?

2. Wha t po lic y c ha ng e s a re ne e de d,?

• L
• c a l, sta te , fe de ra l, no ne ?

3. Wha t is the imple me nta tio n pla n?

• Who imple me nts?
• Whe n do e s imple me nta tio n o c c ur?

4. Ho w c a n we sc a le the se ide a s up?

• Ca n the pro g ra m b e sc a le d up fro m rive r b a sin

to sta te o r na tio na l? 5. Wha t sc ie nc e a nd a na lyse s is ne e de d?

“Funding Plan”