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THE CROSS SECTION
TWDB: Outdoor water use accounts for 31 percent of total single-family use
A recently released Texas Water
Development Board (TWDB) study
concludes that 31 percent of annual
single-family residential water use
in Texas is dedicated to outdoor
purposes, such as lawn and garden
maintenance, pools, and car wash-
ing, with the rest used indoors.
Based on an analysis of monthly
water use data for 259 cities, the
TWDB found that average outdoor
water use ranged from 20 to 53
percent of total household water
use, with dryer areas of the state
tending to use more than wetter
areas.
"No one has made these calcula-
tions for Texas before," says SamMarie Hermitte, a student at the LBJ
School and lead author on the report.
Conventional wisdom based
on national studies holds that 50
percent or more of residential water
use is used outdoors.
"Texans are doing better than
that," says Dr. Robert Mace, head
of the Water Science & Conserva-
tion group at TWDB and co-author
of the study.
The results of the study will
be useful to water providers and
utilities in identifying where to
focus water conservation efforts.
"In order to prioritize where
to save water, we first have to
know where we're using water,"explained Mace.
The report, The Grass Is Al-
ways Greener...Outdoor Residential
Water Use in Texas, is available at
http://tinyurl.com/baapydd
The TWDB is the state
agency charged with collecting and
disseminating water-related data,
assisting with regional planning and
preparing the State Water Plan for
the development of the state's water
resources.
The TWDB administers cost-
effective financial programs for
the construction of water supply,
wastewater treatment, flood control,
and agricultural water conservation
projects.Panhandle area groups recognized with Blue Legacy in Agriculture award
Four entities with ties to the
Texas Panhandle were recently
recognized as 2012 winners of the
Blue Legacy Award in Agriculture,
sponsored annually by the Water
Conservation Advisory Council.
The award ceremony took
place during the Texas Commodity
Symposium, held in conjunction
with the annual Amarillo Farm and
Ranch Show.
This year's award winners are:
Texas A&M AgriLife
Extension Service-Panhandle
District 1 was recognized for its
work on the 2011 Efficient Profit-
able Irrigation in Corn (EPIC)
demonstration project.
Project members include
Nich Kenny, AgriLife Extension
irrigation specialist in
Amarillo and AgriLife County
Extension Agents Michael Bragg,
Dallam/Hartley Counties; Kristy
Synatschk, Hutchison County; J. R.
Sprague, Lipscomb County; Marcel
Fischbacher, Moore County; Scott
Strawn, Ochiltree County; and Brad
Easterling, Sherman County.
The Ogallala Aquifer
Program was recognized for its
research and education efforts to
promote water conservation while
maintaining profitability of farming
and prosperity of rural communities
in the Texas High Plains.
Created in 2003, the program
includes 80 state and federal scien-
tists from the USDA-Agricultural
Research Service (USDA-ARS),
Kansas State University, Texas
A&M AgriLife Research, Texas
A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas
Tech University, and West Texas
A&M University.
Dr. David Brauer with USDA-ARS in Bushland accepted the
award.
Texas Alliance for Water
Conservation was recognized for
its efforts to extend the life of the
Ogallala Aquifer through on-farm
demonstrations of cropping and
livestock systems used by produc-
ers in Floyd and Hale Counties.
The project compares production
practices, technologies, and systems
in order to maintain profitability
while improving water use efficien-
cies.
The Robert Meyer Farm is a
family-owned and operated farm
in Deaf Smith County. Meyer has
promoted water conservation prac-
tices on his own farm and also as
president of the High Plains Under-
ground Water Conservation District
Board of Directors.4
"The Blue Legacy Award in
Agriculture recognizes outstand-
ing water conservation efforts and
successes of the agriculture
community. Our 2012 award
winners were selected based on
their demonstrated willingness and
commitment to incorporate water
conservation practices into their
operations.
"They were also recognized
for their leadership in furthering
water conservation in their respec-
tive communities or within the
industry," said C. E. Williams,
chairman of the Water Conservation
Advisory Council.
The winners were selected by
a committee consisting of Water
Conservation Advisory Council
members, representing the Texas
Farm Bureau, Texas Department ofAgriculture, Texas State Soil and
Water Conservation Board, and the
USDA-Natural Resources Conser-
vation Service (USDA-NRCS).
The Water Conservation
Advisory Council was created by
Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 4 to:
* Monitor trends in water
conservation implementation and
new technologies for possible use
as best management practices;
* Monitoring effectiveness of the
statewide water conservation public
awareness program;
* Monitoring the implementa-
tion of water conservation strategies
by water users which are included
in regional water plans;
* And monitoring target and goal
guidelines for water conservation
for consideration by the TCEQ and
TWDB.KENNY BRAUER
January 2013
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