Water Reuse Facts

The regional water planning groups in Texas estimated that existing supply from water reuse is projected to produce about 723,000 acre-feet of water per year by 2070, constituting a 28 percent increase. The increase in reuse existing supply is primarily due to an increase in wastewater flows associated with an increasing population and the capacity of existing reuse facilities.
Fourteen of the sixteen regional water planning groups (exceptions are regions A and P) have recommended water reuse as a water management strategy in the 2017 State Water Plan.
Reuse will account for about 13 percent (1,107,000 acre-feet) of all new water supplies in 2070 if all reuse recommended water management strategies are fully implemented.
- Direct potable reuse: 87,000 acre-feet per year (1.0 % of all new water supplies)
- Indirect reuse: 649,000 acre-feet per year (7.6% of all new water supplies)
- Other direct reuse: 371,000 acre-feet per year (4.4 % of all new supplies)

NOTE: All information from summaries of 2017 State Water Plan.

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