Region F Water Plan - Regional Water Planning Group

What's New

The Schedule for the 4th round of planning is available.

Membership Nomination Form is now available.

Upcoming Meeting - The next meeting will be held July 18, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Colorado River Municipal Water District 400 E. 24th Street in Big Spring, Texas.

March 21, 2013 Meeting handouts and presentations are now available. 

Draft Population and Municipal Demand - The TWDB has prepared draft population and municipal demands for Region F for review. 

BEG Mining Water Use Update  - Includes updates for fracking demand. 

BEG Mining Water Use  - Water use for mining and oil and gas.

Region F Project Overview

The Region F water planning region includes 32 counties in western Texas. The largest cities in the region are Midland, Odessa and San Angelo. Most of Region F lies in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the Pecos River Basin. While surface water provides much of the municipal supplies, groundwater provides the majority of the water to the region and includes four major aquifers and seven minor aquifers.

2011 Water Plan

The Region F Regional Water Planning Group is tasked with developing and adopting a regional water plan in accordance with Texas Senate Bill 1 and Texas Senate Bill 2.  The 2011 Region F Water Plan was approved by the Texas Water Development Board on December 16, 2010 and is now available on the website.

2016 Water Plan Update

Planning has begun on the 2016 Water Plan.  Technical Memorandum on updated demands and supplies is to be submitted to the Texas Water Development Board by May 1, 2014. The draft 2016 Water Plan will be completed by May 1, 2015. Data updates will be posted on the Region F website.