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2024 Water Conservation Plan with June 2025 Supplements
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SUBJECT
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Authorize supplementing of the 2024 NTMWD Water Conservation Plan in order to comply with the requirements of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for submission of water use permit applications for return flows from Sabine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
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PURPOSE
Facilitate an application to secure authorization for the District to divert and use the return flows from the Sabine Creek WWTP to meet the needs of current member cities, and current and future customers.
RECOMMENDATION
The Executive Director and NTMWD staff recommend that the Board of Directors authorize the supplementing of the 2024 NTMWD Water Conservation Plan.
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Committee: |
This will be a Champion Update at the June 25, 2025, Water Committee meeting |
DRIVER(S) FOR THIS PROJECT
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Strategic Objective: |
1.4 Reliable and Resilient Systems |
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☒ Regulatory Compliance |
☐ Asset Condition |
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☒ Capacity |
☐ Redundancy/Resiliency |
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☐ Relocation or External Requests |
☐ Operational Efficiency |
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☐ Safety |
☒ Administrative |
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☐ Policy |
☐ Other _____________ |
BACKGROUND
PROJECT PURPOSE
• Additions of new water sources must be documented in the 2024 NTMWD Water Conservation Plan.
• The Sabine Creek WWTP is permitted to discharge up to 7 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater return flows
• The District has submitted an application to amend the Sabine Creek WWTP permit to discharge up to 20 MGD of wastewater return flows.
• Reuse of wastewater return flows is a recommended water management strategy for the District in the 2021 Region C Water Plan and the 2025 Region C Initially Prepared Plan.
• The District is filing applications with the TCEQ to seek the right to convey return flows from Sabine Creek WWTP for subsequent diversion and use.
• Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Title 30, Part 1, Rule 288.7(a) addresses water conservation plans that accompany an application for a water right and requires an evaluation of other feasible alternatives to new water development.
• The inclusion of Appendix J as a supplement to the 2024 Water Conservation Plan was required to support a pending water use permit application for Sister Grove Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility return flows.
• Appendix J of the NTMWD 2024 Water Conservation Plan is being updated in support of a water use permit application for Sabine Creek WWTP return flows to include analysis for other feasible alternatives as required by TAC Title 30, Part 1, Rule 288.7(a).
• The updated Appendix J will substantially conform to the attached draft.
PROJECT COMPONENTS
• Development of an updated Appendix J for inclusion in the 2024 Water Conservation Plan.
SUMMARY OF SUPPLEMENTS
• The inclusion of Appendix J as a supplement to the 2024 Water Conservation Plan was required to support a pending water use permit application for Sister Grove Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility return flows.
• An update to Appendix J is required to facilitate the water use permit application for Sabine Creek WWTP return flows.
• Appendix J states that there are no feasible alternatives to the reuse of return flows from Sabine Creek WWTP at this time. Furthermore, this project is consistent with NTMWD’s conservation goals to fully develop its available reuse to meet its future water needs.
FUNDING
No additional funding is requested.