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Region K Planning Group

The Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Area is composed of all or parts of 14 counties, stretching from Mills County in the Hill Country southeast to Matagorda County on the Gulf Coast. Most of the region lies in the Colorado River Basin. Major cities in the region include Austin, Bay City, Pflugerville, and Fredericksburg. The largest economic sectors in the region include agriculture, government, service, manufacturing, and retail trade. The manufacturing sector is primarily concentrated in the technology and semiconductor industry in the Austin area. Oil, gas, as well as petrochemical processing, and mineral production, are found primarily in Wharton and Matagorda counties near the coast.

Region K Counties

  • Bastrop
  • Burnet
  • Blanco
  • Colorado
  • Fayette
  • Gillespie
  • Hays (partial)
  • Llano
  • Matagorda
  • Mills
  • San Saba
  • Travis
  • Wharton (partial)
  • Williamson (partial)

Meeting Minutes & Updates

Upcoming Planning Group Meeting Schedule

Last Meeting: The Lower Colorado (Region K) Regional Water Planning Group (RWPG) met on April 10, 2013 in Austin. Highlights include:

  • LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose made a weather presentation and said that Texas is entering its third year of drought and he doesn’t expect any immediate relief.  Temperature and rainfall predictions for the next three months are for slightly warmer and drier conditions in much of Texas, although there are indications that conditions could return to normal after that.

  • David Meesey of TWDB gave an update on municipal population and water demand projections, rule changes relating to drought contingency planning that affect the 2016 regional water plan, and reviewed the three processes/steps to amend a regional water plan.

  • AECOM consultants discussed the potential water management strategies list, including those categories required by TWDB guidelines, strategies considered in the 2011 plan and those recommended, specific WWP strategies from LCRA and Austin studies, non-traditional strategies, strategies/projects recommended in recent facility planning studies, and potential strategies suggested through public comments or from RWPG members.  They also discussed groundwater availability estimates for 2070 and obtaining data and justification for updating population and demand projections from Region K water user groups.

Meeting Minutes: visit the "Past Public Meetings & Materials" link on the Lower Colorado Water Planning Group's External Website.

Region K Water Plans

Projections Data

Region K Related Links

TWDB Contact for Region K

To contact the TWDB Project Manager, please click Region K Project Manager