Drinking Water Uses
The first water treatment facility in the City of Austin, the Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant, was built in 1925 to treat water from the Colorado River. The plant occupied 6 acres (2.4 ha) just west of the principal downtown business district. The water treatment facility was decommissioned in late 2008.
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Famous quotes containing the words drinking and/or water:
“And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 5:39.
“To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)