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Region H

Regional Facts

Major Cities	Houston, Galveston, Brazoria, Texas City
Primary Rivers	San Jacinto, Trinity, Brazos, Neches-Trinity, Trinity-San Jacinto, San Jacinto-Brazos
Major Aquifers	Gulf Coast, Carrizo-Wilcox
Annual Precipitation	40-60 Inches
Net Evaporation	16-28 Inches

2011 Regional Water Plan

Read the 2011 Regional Water Plan: http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/wrpi/rwp/3rdround/2011RWP.asp

Composed of all or parts of 15 counties, Region H includes portions of the Trinity, San Jacinto, and Brazos river basins. The Houston metropolitan area is located within this region. The largest economic sector in Region H is the petrochemical industry, which accounts for two-thirds of the petrochemical production in the United States. The Region H Water Planning Group was one of the first such groups to recognize the need to consider the importance of environmental flows in its regional planning process, specifically the need to maintain freshwater inflows into Galveston Bay, although it has not explicitly included water management strategies to preserve those inflows in its plan.

The Region H plan is still deficient in the role that it assigns water conservation to meet identified water needs, and the plan fails to recognize the important role that drought management could and should play in addressing water demands in dry times (the Region H consultants studied the issue but failed to consider possible drought contingency approaches that would likely make drought management more effective in the area).

Additional Resources

Houston Chapter of the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club's call to action on the 2010 Region H plan
Comments on the 2005 IPP submitted jointly by National Wildlife Federation, Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense
Overview of the Region H - 2005 Regional Water Plan
Overview of the Region H - 2001 Regional Water Plan
TWDB Regional Water Planning Website


		Find out what is happening in Region H. Meeting information and planning documents are posted on the TWDB website. Go to TWDB's Region H page. Here are just a few things you can do.


		Conroe mayor proposes countywide 1-cent sales tax to fund surface-water plans Conroe Courier, 6/9/09 Read Article Water district hopes to set new rules for water usage Houston Chronicle, 9/10/2008 Read Article Water district to start conservation campaign Houston Chronicle, 4/08/2008 Read Article Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water, As Rising Sea Penetrates Coastal Aquifers ScienceDaily, 11/07/2007 Read Article That Sinking Feeling Texas Observer, 11/02/2007 Read Article Water Supplies At Issue As New Project Starts Tyler Paper, 10/30/2007 Read Article Dams on the Side Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, July 2007 Read Article Groundwater management group holds quarterly meeting The Courier, 8/23/2006 Read Article Montgomery County considers new sources for water, Houston Chronicle American-Statesman, 7/5/2006 Read Article Region H - Notice of Public Hearings for the Initially Prepared Regional Water Plan 6/2005 Read Article Groups want state to save water, thefacts.com The Bay City Tribune, 1/20/2005 Read Article County seeks freshwater protection for the bay The Daily News, 11/02/2004 Read Article Texas Bays and Wildlife Are at Risk: National Wildlife Federation Report Highlights Need for Changes in State Water Policy For Immediate Release: October 20, 2004 Read Press Release Drought continues but recent downpours have helped lake levels Big Spring Herald, 08/05/2004 Read Article