How much of Amarillo's water would go to Project Matador

How much of Amarillo's water is going to Project Matador? Depends which document you read.

The signed agreement caps it at 2.5 million gallons a day, about 4.6% of what the City took in on an average day in 2024. A non-binding memorandum from September 2025 describes up to 10 million gallons a day in three phases, about 19%. The NRC's environmental review cites a City letter of intent saying capacity will rise to 5.5 million gallons a day by the end of 2026. That letter hasn't been made public.

So far, Fermi has barely used any: 310,000 gallons in July 2026, the whole month.

What nobody has published is the total. Fermi's own statements range from under 50 acre-feet a year to "no more than 27.5 MGD." The NRC review says the gas plants and data centers would also run on City water, without saying how much.

Two things protect residents on paper: Fermi has to follow the same drought restrictions as everyone else (the City entered Stage 1 in August), and any increase above 2.5 MGD needs a new agreement voted on by the council in a public meeting. That vote is where residents get their say.

Every water figure, by source and date: amarilloledger.com/amarillo/project-matador