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Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group

For The Southern High Plains of Texas

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Welcome to the home page for the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group ("Region O"). 

Planning group members updated the 2001 Llano Estacado Regional Water Plan for submission to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) in January 2006.  The TWDB approved the adopted plan on April 18, 2006, and it was included in the comprehensive 2007 state water plan.   Members are currently working to develop a Scope of Work for special research projects to be conducted during the first two years of the third five-year regional water planning cycle.

Hot Topics (Updated 05/01/2008)

The Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group (LERWPG) has published a public notice concerning public input on the scope of work for Phase II of the Third Round of Regional Planning.  Also, the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 will submit on or before June 13, 2008, a grant application for financial assistance to the Texas Water Development Board in Austin on behalf of the LERWPG, to carry out the scope of work. 

Follow this link to read the public notice, which was published in the March 31 issues of the Amarillo Globe-News and Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, two newspapers of general circulation within Region O.

The Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group meets Thursday, May 27, 2008 at 10 a.m. in the A. Wayne Wyatt  Board Room at the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 office, 2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79411-2499.

The agenda for this meeting will be posted soon.

  The Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group will conduct a public hearing, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., in the A. Wayne Wyatt  Board Room at the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 office, 2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79411-2499.  Follow this link to read the public notice, which was posted April 23, 2008.

         

The FINAL 2007 State Water Plan is now available for on-line viewing on the TWDB web site!

 

Our Mission

The Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group's mission statement is to "develop promote, and implement water conservation, augmentation, and management strategies to provide adequate water supplies for the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Area and to stabilize or improve the economic and social viability and longevity of the region through these activities.”

The Planning Group

In accordance with Senate Bill 1 passed during the 75th Texas Legislative Session, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) in Austin was authorized to divide the state into 16 regional water planning areas.

Appointed by the TWDB, the regional water planning group members represent 11 water user groups as they revise and update the 2001 water plan.

Each of the 16 regional water planning groups are charged with the following tasks:

bulletTo determine the amount of surface & ground water currently available in their respective regions.
bulletTo determine the historic and future use of available water supplies.
bulletTo determine if the regional water supplies are adequate to meet the needs of all water users in their respective regions by decade to the year 2060, and if not, to develop strategies to meet these needs.
bulletTo determine the economic and social impact which will occur in their respective regions if these water needs cannot be met.

Contact Information

The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 is the local political subdivision charged with administration of the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group.  Comments or questions should be directed to Planning Group Chairman H. P. Brown Jr. or High Plains Water District Manager Jim Conkwright as shown below:

High Plains Water District Address:
2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79411-2499
Telephone:
806-762-0181
FAX:
806-762-1834
E-Mail:
General Information: info@hpwd.com

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