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Water Texas’ Most Precious Resource, Says Businessman Tom Hicks, Who Uses 10M Gallons Per Year (DallasObserver)

(May 14, 2009, The Dallas Observer)
As mentioned Monday, KERA-FM (90.1) is running throughout this week a series of stories about where Dallas gets its water and how we use it. Which brings us to today’s contribution from B.J. Austin concerning water consumption. Says the story, the average Dallas homeowner is billed for 100,000 gallons used [...]

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Drought to Persist, Intensify in North Texas (DallasMorningNews)

(Feb. 8, 2009, The Dallas Morning News)
Scant rainfall. Shrinking reservoirs. Thirsty soil. Across North Texas, another dry spell is settling in.
Some two years after rains ended a prolonged and brutal drought, the Dallas area is back in D-land – and the situation is likely to persist if not worsen in the months ahead, climate scientists [...]

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Dallas-Fort Worth Cities to Use Reclaimed Water (Planetizen)

(Jan. 30, 2009, Planetizen)
Cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are working together to save water and use reclaimed water for non-drinking purposes.
“The Arlington City Council is expected to consider joining a regional partnership next month that would use reclaimed water from the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant at the Ditto Golf Course, J.W. Dunlop Sports [...]

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