Current Research Contracts
The current research contracts are described below. Users can view more information for each study by clicking on the title to expand.
Study 1: Assessment of the Municipal Population and Water Demand Projections in Texas Regional and State Water Plans
Contract Details
Tasks
- A literature review of other organizations’ population and municipal water demand projection methodologies.
- Statistical analysis to assess the accuracy of past state and regional water plans population projections, and the Texas Demographic Center’s population projections.
- Statistical analysis to assess the accuracy of past state and regional water plans’ municipal demand projections (with consideration of dry-year conditions).
- Quantifiable margin of error translated to reasonable degree of uncertainty.
- Assess uncertainty in projections as a means of providing flexibility in selecting the magnitude of and/or shifting the geographic locations of some portion of projected populations (these would also translate into equivalent water demand shifts) and determine the right geographic scale(s) at which to allow various degrees of flexibility.
Progress Reports
Study 2: Estimating Non-Surveyed Groundwater Use for Texas Regional and State Water Supply Planning
Contract Details
Tasks
- A literature review of approaches used by other organizations to estimate domestic exempt groundwater use and data assessment.
- Integrate best practices and methods to develop a new non-surveyed GPCD groundwater use estimation methodology.
- Conduct a case study to develop and test the methodology developed in Task 2.
Progress Reports
Study 3: Updating Key Metrics Regarding Outdoor Water Use in Texas Community Water Systems
Contract Details
Tasks
- Assess the data needs for project completion and secure necessary data.
- Review methods applied in 2012 report and evaluate new methods.
- Evaluate the relationship between CWS outdoor water use and climate drivers.
Progress Reports
Other Data Resources
- Projections and Socioeconomic Analysis Data Hub
- Population and Water Demand Projections Methodologies and Related Documents
- 2022 Mining Water Use Study
- Summary: Non-Surveyed Oil and Gas Water Use Estimates, Including Fracking - Summary of the methodology used to estimate non-surveyed mining water use annually (Jan 2021)
- Summary: Non-Surveyed Annual Livestock Inventory and Water Use Estimates - Summary of the methodology used to estimate non-surveyed livestock inventory and water use by species (June 2021)