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 water, drinking and/or water:
“When drinking water, don’t forget those who dug the well.”
—Chinese proverb.
“I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)