Vision SMTX Appendix Adopted 2024

APPENDIX D: POLICY BASELINE AND DEVELOPMENT

The major challenges facing the city include: · Projected growth in population

· Threats to water quality and endangered species · Increased frequency of flooding · Sustainability.

San Marcos has significant challenges when it comes to managing the quantity of stormwater runoff. Urban flooding (local drainage) as well as creek and riverine flooding can threaten lives and property with very little notice in central Texas. The stated goals and objectives are the community’s direction for implementing the plan and achieving the preferred future development scenario as outlined in the Vision San Marcos: A River Runs Through Us document. This master plan was completed in March 2018.

The City developed a Water Master Plan in 2016 for its water distribution system and to guide the growth and development of the distribution system. Since that time the system has seen significant changes and the city has experienced rapid growth. The 2020 Water Master Plan Update provides a revised capital infrastructure plan through 2035 as well as an updated hydraulic model of the potable water distribution system that incorporates new planned developments and water supplies. The city’s rapid growth has changed the water service area from the previous master plan. Most of the City’s water supply originates from surface water and is treated at the Surface Water Treatment Plan (SWTP). The surface water is delivered from the Guadalupe River via a raw water pipeline from an intake on a canal extending from Lake Dunlap. Groundwater extracted at each of the five well sites provide additional supply as needed. In 2019,

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