· Context
Osage plant expansion from 40 to 70 million gallons per day reported
A July 2001 trade-press report said about $20 million in improvements at the Osage plant would raise its treatment from 40 million to 70 million gallons per day, with the benefit expected the following summer. The City's current water production page lists the treatment plant's capacity as 70 million gallons per day.[1][2]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
The City's water production page states that the City of Amarillo water treatment plant has a treatment capacity of 70 million gallons per day, with 15 million gallons of ground storage and a 480-million-gallon reservoir of untreated water for peak demand periods. A 2001 trade-press report said about $20 million in improvements would raise the Osage plant from 40 to 70 million gallons per day. [2][1]
- Capacity mgd
- 70
- Prior capacity mgd
- 40
- Expansion cost
- $20,000,000
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The City is one of eleven member cities of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA), which supplies water from Lake Meredith and its Roberts County well field; the City lists its CRMWA allocation as 11.550 billion gallons per year. [2]