What is a Drought Plan?

A drought plan is a document mandated by the State of Texas for each Public Water Supply to have on file. It directs the actions that a Public Water Supply takes to try and conserve as much water as possible in the event of a natural drought or man-made emergency. The City's drought plan has been enacted during the last two droughts and has proven effective. These plans are updated every five years and submitted to the State of Texas for approval. The City updated the latest plan in 2018. This plan included several innovations to make it more effective (taking  into account lessons that were learned from the drought of 2011-1015.

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1. How does the long term reuse project work?
2. Did the City try cloud seeding?
3. Why can’t you just cut the budget to make up the difference and not raise rates?
4. So, why can’t the City cut fixed costs?
5. What are some of the main reasons water rates have gone up?
6. Are you going to do anything to minimize the impact to water users?
7. Why does this seem to only be happening in Wichita Falls?
8. Why does it seem like my water bill is still pretty high?
9. How do I read my water bill?
10. What is a CCF?
11. Why doesn’t the City use gallons instead of units?
12. Did the City wait too long to start looking for more water?
13. Is the City still looking at building Lake Ringgold?
14. Missed Opportunity to Dredge Lake Wichita
15. Why doesn’t the City use Lake Wichita as a water source?
16. What is the current cost to dredge Lake Wichita to make it a viable water source?
17. Why isn’t the City using its own heavy equipment on Lake Wichita right now while it’s low?
18. How much water does Castaway Cove use?
19. Why are the fines for water violations so much and who gets all the money?
20. What is the Water Resources Commission and what do they do?
21. I thought the City Council was making all water restriction decisions?
22. Why did this water shortage happen?
23. What is a Drought Plan?