Water

Captains
Training Texans for
Local Leadership

Psalm 65,
verses 9-13

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9 You visit the earth and water it,

you greatly enrich it;

the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.

10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.

11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks over?low with richness.

12 The pastures of the wilderness over?low,
the hills gird themselves with joy,

13 the meadows clothe themselves with ?locks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.

From the Texas Water Foundation:

What Would We Do without Water?

From the Texas Interfaith Center:

Water Matters: An Interview with

Dr. Andrew Sansom

How We Got Here and Where We Are Going

1950s Drought of Record

Current State Water Planning in Texas

Senate Bill 1 in 1997
Created Bottom-up Regional Planning Process

Senate Bill 2 in 2001

Created Water Infrastructure Fund, Instream Flows
Research

Senate Bill 3 in 2007

Created Environmental Flow Process

House Bill 4 in 2013

Created Mechanism for Financing State Water Plan

From Planning to Funding

Conservation/Reuse: Use of Funds

TARGETED GOAL: During the life of any 5-year
State Water Plan:
10% of projects funded to support rural areas,
including agricultural water conservation,
and
20% of projects funded to support water
conservation or reuse, including agricultural
irrigation projects.
* Any project funded MUST be included in the
regional and state plans

Soup to Nuts
Once You Know Your
Region.

You Have the Basic Nuts and

Bolts of Regional Water Planning

Be a Water
Captain!

Not *this* kind of Water Captain

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Or *this* kind of Water Captain

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Be *this* kind of Water Captain!

Water Captains partner with state and local

leaders to make sure the Texas water
planning process works for everyone.

Texas has 16 water planning regions.

Each region has a citizen planning group.

In each region, Water Captains will work as a team to

help their communities learn about water planning and
become involved.

Water Captains at a Glance, 1

Leadership Conference: June 2014
Join Water Captains from around the
state in meetings with state leaders and
water experts.

Local Presentations Host

presentations for your congregation or
group by Water Captains staff members.

Water Captains at a Glance, 2

Regional Workshops Attend a one-
day intensive on water issues in your
area and meet local water leaders.

Citizens Guide Serve on a team

from your regionhelp write the book
on water planning for the rest of us.

Questions?

Get Involved!

Water Captains Information Page:

http://www.texasinterfaithcenter.org/article/texas-water-
captains-program

Water Captains Sign Up Page:
http://www.texasinterfaithcenter.org/content/Water-
Captains-2014

Yaira Robinson Valinda Bolton
yaira@texasinterfaith.org vbolton@texaswater.org
512.472.3903 512.585.8908

watercaptains@texasinterfaith.org

Thanks to Elizabeth Fazio for some of the informa4on in these slides.