预测德克萨斯州未来的地下水供应需要知道有多少水 以及德州人消耗这些物资的速度。市政及 工业用水大部分是计量的。因此，相对于农业用途， 这通常不是计量的，是对市政和工业用水量的估计 使用更精确。建立水资源利用与含水层水位之间的关系， 以及在完全计量的监测地块内的降水量，并提高 确定农业地下水使用估算，德克萨斯州水资源开发委员会 （TWDB）与 地下水保护区（GCD）。本文介绍了其形成和发展过程 在德克萨斯州实施该计划，提供参与地区的数据，以及 研究该项目可能对未来水资源规划工作产生的积极影响。包括2个参考文献、表格和图表。

Projecting future groundwater supplies in Texas requires knowing how much water is available and the rate at which Texans are consuming that supply. Municipal and industrial water use is for the most part metered. Therefore, relative to agricultural use, which is generally not metered, estimates of the amount of municipal and industrial water used is much more exact. To establish the relationship between water use, aquifer level, and precipitation within fully metered monitor plots and improve the accuracy of determining agricultural groundwater use estimates, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has developed a voluntary irrigation metering program in cooperation with Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs). This paper describes the formation and implementation of this program in Texas, presents data from a participating district, and examines the positive impact the program may have on future water planning efforts. Includes 2 references, tables, figures.