Trinity River Authority of Texas Wastewater Treatment Water Storage Recreation Facilities Lake Livingston Water Treatment Update on the Wallisville Saltwater Barrier
Mar 31, 2015
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Wastewater Treatment Water Storage Recreation FacilitiesLake LivingstonWater Treatment
Update on the Wallisville Saltwater Barrier
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1914Lake Anahuac
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1950s Drought
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
TRA Created by Texas Legislature in 1955--Building a Saltwater Barrier was an
Element of TRA’s Statute
TRA is responsible for……
“the construction of a salt-water barrier with barge lock in the Trinity River – which will protect the users of fresh
water for irrigation purposes; construction of such salt-water barrier with barge lock shall be commenced
prior to September 1, 1963.”
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• First TRA/Houston Contract o Houston will build, own and operate Lake Livingstono Funding for Livingston/Saltwater Barrier Projects
established
• Water Rights Permitso Lake Livingston’s water rights permit No. 1970
issued to Houston (902,800 AF) and TRA (351,600 AF)
o Wallisville’s Water Rights Permit No. 1974 issued to Houston (38,000 AF) and TRA (51,600 AF)
• Fixed rights agreements o Guaranteed water for rice farmerso If Lake Livingston is finished before Wallisville,
salinity control releases must be made from May 15 to September 15
Original Fixed Rights Agreements(Amounts in Acre-Feet/Year)
Dayton 33,000
Devers 86,000
CLCND 88,820
Major Lower Trinity River Diversions
(Amounts in Acre-Feet/Year)
DaytonLibert
y
Trin
ity
Riv
er
Trin
ity
Riv
er
Anahuac
Trinity Bay
Up to 450,000 of Houston’s
940,800 per 1978 Livingston /Wallisville
Amendment
56,000 Purchased from Devers 30,000 Purchased from CLCND
86,000 Total
2,500 + 27,500 from TRA- Livingston per Fixed Rights Contract, bankruptcy settlement and 2009 legislation
Lake Anahuac
58,820(30,000 sold to SJRA)
Wallisville Saltwater
Barrier
CWA/Houston Luce Bayou
(Under Development)
SJRA
CWA/Houston
LNVA-Devers
CLCND
940,800 (Livingston/Wallisville)33,000 (Dayton Canal Purchase pending
water rights amendment)49,700 (Southern Canal Purchase)1,023,500 Total
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights
• 1962 Wallisville Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Wallisville authorized
as a19,700
Surface AcreReservoir
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• TRA will build, own and operate Lake Livingston
• If the federal government fails to build Wallisville TRA would build it under the same cost sharing arrangements as Lake Livingston
1964Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1967 Wallisville
Construction Begins
1967
• Local sponsors agreement with the COEo Repayment terms
• Local sponsors operating agreemento TRA/Houston would repay under the terms of the 1964
contract
o CLCND would have approval authority over changes and
operations
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Lawsuit • 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1971 Sierra Club Filed Environmental Lawsuit
1973 Federal District Court Stopped Wallisville Construction
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped • 1974 – 1987 Key Events Follow
ing Injunction• 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Wallisville Lay Dormant 1973-early 1990s
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
Key Events Following Injunction
• 5th Circuit Court Appeal Reversal in 1974• COE to tidy up Wallisville’s EIS• Wallisville redesigned
• U.S. Congress reauthorizes Wallisville in
early 1980s
• Retained cost sharing agreement
• 5th Circuit Court vacated Injunction in 1987• Congress appropriates funds to redesign and
start construction in early 1990’s
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completedo Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
• 1914 Lake Anahuaco Rice Productiono Salt Water
Intrusion• 1950s Drought
o River Damso Purchase Water
from Lake Lavon• 1955 TRA Created
o Saltwater Barriero No Funds
• 1959 First Contractso TRA/Houston
Contracto Water Rights
Permitso Fixed Rights• 1962 Wallisville
Authorized
• 1964 Second TRA/Houston Contract
• 1967 Wallisville Construction and Agreements
• 1971 Sierra Club Law Suit• 1973 Construction Stopped• 1974-1987 Key Events
Following Injunction • 1990s Project Restarted
o Fundedo Redesigno Construction Started
• 1999 Wallisville Completed o Operations Begino Local Cost Sharing
Wallisville Timeline
1999 Wallisville Completed And Operational
Local Cost Sharing Agreement
• Repay capital costs for salinity control and recreation, 13.008 percent of project costs
• Total construction cost $81,340,000 X 13.008 percent = $10,580,707 for 50-years
• Operations and maintenance cost @ 7.901 percent for salinity control and recreation
• Major capital replacement cost @ 17.143 percent
Wallisville Payments Made to COETRA
Fiscal Year
Total Debt Service
Paid
Interest Paid
Principal Paid
Routine O&M Paid
Hurricane Ike
Repairs
Total Payments
2004 $ 415,342 $ - $ 415,342 $
80,195.00 $
495,537.00
2005 $ 415,342 $ 327,528 $ 87,814 $
80,195.00 $
495,537.00
2006 $ 415,342 $ 324,698 $ 90,644 $
93,860.00 $
509,202.00
2007 $ 415,342 $ 321,778 $ 93,564
$108,108.8
8 $
523,450.88
2008 $ 415,342 $ 318,764 $ 96,579
$169,344.7
3 $
584,686.73
2009 $ 415,342 $ 315,652 $99,691
$215,878.7
3 $
631,220.73
2010 $ 415,342 $ 312,440 $102,902
$147,260.9
4
$143,363.5
2 $
705,966.46
2011 $ 415,342 $ 309,124 $106,218
$123,597.1
4
$310,029.3
6 $
848,968.50
2012 $ 415,342 $ 305,702 $ 109,640
$189,863.9
3 $
58,919.90 $
664,125.83
2013* $ 415,342 $ 302,169 $113,173
$156,600.0
0 $
319,360.00 $
891,302.00
*Routine O&M and Ike repairs estimated
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Wastewater Treatment Water Storage Recreation FacilitiesLake LivingstonWater Treatment
Update on the Wallisville Saltwater Barrier