Carolyn Brittin: The TT Interview
Last month the Texas Water Development Board released its water plan for the state, with a number of sobering predictions. Overseeing the 295-page publication was Carolyn Brittin, the deputy executive administrator of water resources planning and information.
Brittin was born in Illinois but grew up in Garland and ended up with a master's degree in agronomy from Texas A&M University. She got curious about water use in urban landscapes and joined the Water Development Board in 1989. She spoke with the Tribune about how the plan was compiled — and the nervousness she feels when she looks at the ...
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Papa Ray
For at least two cycles of this "plan" small (heard but ignored) voices have been recommending that Texas build on the Gulf Coast seawater reclamation plants, otherwise called "Desalinization Plants". They also recommended that in West Texas that these desalination plants be built in West Texas to recover and reclaim the vast ocean below West Texas of brine water left over from a vast ancient sea.
El Paso seems to be the only City that has acted upon this in West Texas. If other cities had banded together and built at least one large plant - the picture of the current water problem and future problems would be vastly different at least in West Texas.
But NO, they would not even entertain the idea because of expense. As you have said and indicated, costs go up as the years pass for various reasons. Soon it might be the case that because of economic problems not only in America but in the world will make most any enterprise unaffordable.
Hind sight is always 20-20, Too bad that City, County and State "Leaders" never seem to see the difference in spending money on such things as football stadiums, parks, government buildings, industrial parks and such and spending money on the most valuable commodity in the world....
Fresh Water.
Papa Ray
West Texas