Why is water reuse important for Texas?
The population of Texas is expected to double in the next 50 years and Texans more than ever before will be depending on the states water resources for their health and prosperity. The states’ Regional Water Planning Groups (RWPGs) anticipate that the current demand of 17 million acre-feet per year in 2010 will increase to 21.6 million acre-feet by the year 2060. To meet this challenge the RWPGs were asked to consider numerous water management strategies that would provide additional water supplies. Water reuse was one such strategy. Fourteen of the 16 RWPGs have recommended water reuse as a source of additional supply in their 2006 water plans and 11 report it as an already available supply.
