Bexar   County     Select another county   Population in 2000: 1369854 (4)     Population Projected for 2020: 2130820 (3)   Detailed Demographic and Economic Information for: Bexar County

WATER QUALITY INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Toxics Released to Surface Waters, 2001 (Pounds): 1092 (28) Dioxins Released to surface waters (grams) 0 (6*) Number of State Wastewater Discharge Permits, 2002: 28 (12)          Total Permitted Discharge (Millions of Gallons Per Day,): 3670.95 (3) Number of Quality Impaired Surface Water Bodies, 2002: 3 (31) Information on Drinking Water Quality From U.S. EPA (SDWIS)

WATER QUANTITY INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Total Water Use 2000 (Acre-Feet): 297332 (17)          Surface Water Use, 2000 (Acre-Feet): 12755 (56)          Ground Water Use, 2000 (Acre-Feet): 267178 (11) Per Capita Water Use 2000 (Gallons per Day): 152.99 (146) Projected Total Water Use, 2020 (Acre-Feet): 485382 (6) Total Number of Active Surface Water Rights Permits, 2002: 105  (16)          Total Authorized Volume of Water, 2002 (Acre-Feet): 90,331 (63) Regional Water Planning Group: L Number of Real-Time Streamflow Monitors in the County: 16 Reservoir Conservation Storage Level Data Water Well Level Data

LAND INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Total Area of County (Thousands of Acres): 1,255  (36) Area Dedicated to Irrigated Cropland 2000 (Acres): 7245 (82) Number of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Active Contracts, 1987-2003: 0 (172*)          Number of Acres of Agricultural Land Enrolled in the CRP, 1987-2003: 0 (172*) Acres of Private Land Enrolled in Environmental Quality Incentives Program, 2002 0 (150*) Acres of Private Land Enrolled in Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, 2002 0 (12*) Acres of Private Land Enrolled in Wetlands Reserve Program, 2002 0 (28*) Number of Fedral and State Superfund Sites, 2002: 7 (2) Number of Contaminated Voluntary Cleanup Program Sites, 2002: 47 (5)

WILDLIFE AND BIODIVERSITY

INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Number of Federally Listed or Proposed Endangered or Threatened Animal or Plant Species, 1999 13 (2) Number of Eco-Regions Found in the County: 3

AIR QUALITY

INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Air Emissions of Criteria Pollutants, 1999 (Tons): 717821.25 (3) Criteria Emissions From Mobile Sources, 1999 (Tons): 559521 (3) Criteria Emissions From Industrial Sources, 2000 (Tons): 55958.25 (11)          Criteria Emissions From Area Sources, 1999 (Tons): 102342 (2) Tons of Power Plant Air Emissions of Criteria Air Pollutants, 2000 43641.91 (8) Toxics Released to Air, 2001 (Pounds): 918753.77 (21) Dioxins Released to Air (grams) 2.49 (12) Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitors: 8 (4) Compliance with 1-hour air ambient ozone standard, 2002: near

Information on 8 Hour Ozone Standard Compliance

WASTE

INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Number of Facilities Releasing Toxics, 2001: 43 (5)   Total Pounds of Toxics Released Industrial Facilities and Power Plants, 2001 1640439.77 (26) Pounds Released On-site by Industrial Facilities and Power Plants, 2001 1327031.37 (26) Pounds Released Off-site by Industrial Facilities and Power Plants, 2001 313408.4 (13) Total Grams of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds by Industrial Facilities and Power Plants, 2001 2.62 (16) Grams of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds Released On-Site , 2001 2.49 (13) Grams of Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds Released Off-Site , 2001 0.13 (7) Industrial Hazardous Waste Generated, 1999 (Tons) 8723.95 (31) Facilities with Permits to Treat, Store or Dispose of Hazardous Waste, 2002: 0 (10*) Hazardous Waste Managed, 1999 (Tons): 3851.24 (31) Tons of Hazardous Waste Managed at Captive Facilities, 1999 149.28 (9) Tons of Hazardous Waste Managed at Commercial Facilities, 1999 1445.19 (14) Tons of Hazardous Waste Managed On-Site, 1999 2256.77 (31) Number of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, 2002: 1570 (3)          Number That Still Need to be Cleaned Up, 2002: 284 (4)

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ENERGY

INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Number of Power Plants, 2000: 8 (1)          Maximum Capacity of Power Plants, 2000: (Kilowatts) 4292000 (1) Number of Regular Producing Oil Wells, 2002: 3594 (9) No. of Injection Oil Wells, 2002 51 (82) Number of Regular Producing Gas Wells, 2002: 4 (170)          Number of of Temporarily Abandonded Gas Wells, 2002 23 (35)

HEALTH INDICATORS

INDICATOR VALUE (RANK) Total Number of Cancer Incidents, 1997 5188 (3)          Rate of Cancer per 100,000 persons, 1997 400 (78) Estimated Additional Cancer Risk Due to Hazardous Air Pollutants (Per 1,000,000 people), 2000 540 (11) Number of Deliveries with any Birth Defect, 1997 652 (3) Rate of Birth Defect per 100 Live Births, 1997 2.84 (61)

*Indicator value for this county is tied for lowest value in the state Note: Rankings are done across all 254 counties in Texas.  Counties with the highest value for an indicator are ranked number one. Indicators that have the same value in more than one county are given the same ranking.