Groundwater Use and Texas Power - Energy Future Holdings
Groundwater Use and Texas Power Dallam Sherman Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Hartley Moore Hutchinson Roberts Hemphill Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler Deaf Smith Randall Armstrong Donley Collingsworth Parmer Swisher Lamb Hale Floyd Motley Crosby Dickens King Yoakum Terry Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall Dawson Borden Scurry Fisher Haskell Baylor Archer Throckmorton Young Montague Jack Cooke Wise Grayson Denton Tarrant Parker Palo Pinto Shackelford Stephens Jones Lamar Fannin Collin Dallas Red River Bowie Hopkins Hunt Rockwall Rains Wood Titus Camp Andrews Loving El Paso Hudspeth Winkler Ward Culberson Ector Crane Martin Howard Midland Glasscock Upton Reagan Mitchell Sterling Coke Runnels Eastland Callahan Taylor rme So vell Erath Comanche Irion Tom Green Schleicher Pecos Sutton Brewster Edwards Milam Williamson Kerr Real Brazos Burleson Kendall Bandera Lee Travis Blanco Bastrop Hays Fayette Caldwell Comal Uvalde Maverick Zavala Gonzales Bexar Medina Wilson Frio Atascosa Na Grimes Lavaca Austin Shelby gd oc he s Tyler Sabine San Jacinto Harris Liberty Hardin Orange Chambers Jefferson Fort Bend Wharton Jackson Victoria Polk Walker Montgomery Washington Panola co Angelina Trinity De Witt Karnes Cherokee Houston Madison Colorado Guadalupe Kinney Anderson Leon Robertson Burnet Llano Gillespie Val Verde Freestone Limestone Falls Kimble Terrell Presidio Hill Bell Cass Harrison Gregg Rusk Navarro McLennan Coryell Menard Crockett Henderson Lampasas San Saba Mason Smith Ellis Hamilton Concho McCulloch Johnson Bosque Brown Coleman Mills Reeves Jeff Davis Nolan Marion Upshur Kaufman Van Zandt Hood Jasper Drinking water for plant operators Knox Delta Gaines Newton Enabling the safe excavation of the soil Wichita Clay Lubbock San Augustine Water for cooling Wilbarger Foard Hockley er Wall Water in boiler processes Childress Cottle Cochran Brazoria Galveston Matagorda Goliad Dimmit La Salle McMullen Live Oak Bee Refugio San Patricio Webb Zapata Duval Jim Hogg Jim Wells Fire protection in cases of emergency Hall Hardeman Bailey Because plants and mines are often in remote areas, groundwater is often the only practical source of high-quality water for these facilities. Plants and mines use groundwater for vital operational needs such as: Briscoe Morris ower plants and mines use a very small amount of the total groundwater pumped in Texas. Yet that small use is vital to a tremendously important service — electricity. Castro Franklin P Texas at a Glance Brooks Starr Hidalgo Calhoun Aransas Nueces Kleberg Kenedy Willacy Cameron The following counties have facilities that would be affected by groundwater curtailment: Atascosa Bexar Brazos Chambers Cherokee Ector Fannin Fort Bend Freestone Frio Gaines Gregg Grimes Harris Hood Lamb Lee Limestone Marion Matagorda McMullen Milam Montgomery Moore Orange Panola Potter Robertson Rusk Somervell Titus Victoria Ward Wharton Yoakum Source: 2012 Water Development Board data and public sources of all groundwater pumped in Texas in 2012 was by power plants and mines, according to the Texas Water Development Board data. Legislative Ad by Mike Nasi for the Water-Energy Nexus for Texas Coalition, 100 Congress, Suite 1100, Austin, Texas 78703 Support SB 1122 (Estes) & HB 2647 (Ashby) to protect a small use of groundwater that will promote sufficient electricity for Texas.
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