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how many river basins are in texas

23

how much of texas water supply is reused water

4%

what are the numbvers for household water supply

85% use public water from the city, 14% use it from well water or supply their own

how much of the drinking water in houston comes from surface level water

86%

How many major aquifers are there in texas

9

how much water is in the ocean, how much is freshwater

96% to 2.5%

what defines a public water supply

it has to serve 15 different people/clients, or serve at least 25 people daily for 60 days out of the year

what will happen to the majority of precipitation

it will evaporate

what is the biggest use of surface water

municiple

biggest aquifer

ogalla

what is the biggest us if groundwater

irrigation

who is Largest Surface Water Right Holder in Texas

Dow chemical

how much of the drunking water in houston comes from ground water

14%

percentage of income billing

Some cities, like Philadelphia, are setting water bills as a percentage of a customer's income, aiming to ensure that water costs don't become an unaffordable burden.

fixed or flat rate

a monthly rate that stays the same no matter how much you use

soft water

college station water, low mineral content, higj salt content

tiered water rates

designed to help poor. households

hard water

has minerals, vitamins in it,it is preferred. well water

brackish water

has salt in it

artifical recharge

pumping water into aquifers- an injection well

surcharge

rate added to a fixed rate to recover revenue lost from a draught or something

decreasing block rates

rate that decreases as water consumption decreases

increasing block rates

rate that incrases as water consumption increases

draught demand rate

rate that increased during water shortages

excess rate use

rate that increases if you use above a certain amount

uniform rate

rate that stays the same for each unite of water used

TAP

really low income fams can join program if 150% below poverty line

potable aquifer

safe to drink

drainage basin

same as watershed

first in time, first in right

surface water

what is special about houstons water supply

they have ample supply through the year 2050, they support 2.5 billion people, and they have enough supply to cover the quickly growing population.

what is a structured water rate

typical rates that apply to average residential/buisness customers

effluent

water that flows from a sewage treatment plant after its been treated

what is a watershed

where water from different locations(snowmelt, rainfall) run together into a basin, ocean, lake,