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State prisons are Abilene's biggest water user

This summer's drought elevated water-usage issues to the fore throughout Texas. Given current population growth and the fact that we're already facing shortages, it's not difficult to predict the crisis will only worsen in the next few years.So I was interested to see this story from the Abilene Reporter News ("Water use likely to rise this year," Sept. 19) indicating that the Department of Criminal Justice is the largest water user in Abilene, with two TDCJ units soaking up 240.7 million gallons last year. "Usage at TDCJ outdistanced Dyess Air Force Base?s nearly 236.7 million gallons, Coca-Cola?s 94 million gallons, Abtex Beverage Corp.?s 67.1 million gallons and Abilene Independent School District?s 66.9 million gallons," according to the Abilene Reporter-News...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).