Water in El Paso (Amarillo: utilities, live in, homeowner)

[SA2EP?]

What is the main source of H20 in El Paso. Does the city ever put out water restrictions?

[HIGH!Lonesome]

The city is over plague with water restrictions, yes their is plenty of water but it has to be desalinized first before it can be used for consumption purposes.

[SA2EP?]

do you know where they are pulling it from?

[Muhnay]

A few years back there was talk of Ft. Bliss being closed due to a lack of water in El Paso Texas. That belief was wrong and now we know there is plenty of water in El Paso. The Hueco Bolson aquifer is our primary underground water source. It is now believed to have an almost indefinite supply of water. It is not our only water supply though.
The largest inland desalination plant is being built on Ft. Bliss. It will produce about 27 million gallons of water a day. This means along with a few other local water sources, El Paso Water Utilities could produce 347 million gallons a day. The average daily is only 140 million a day. The best thing is it is said to be more brackish water underground than in the Hueco Bolson.


I also read some place that there is about 55 years worth of water left in these bolsons. Who knows.. but we do have water restrictions in place now, and have had them for some time.

For more info on these Bolsons.. here are some links I found.

A Great PDF:
http://www.epwu.org/water/hueco_bolson/3.0Overview.pdf

Texas info on the bolson:
GAM for the Hueco Bolson aquifer

Someones take on the bolson drying up:
EL PASO: Draining Hueco Bolson

[SA2EP?]

El Paso seems to have 2 of the ingredients for successful growth...good weather and water.

[wade_word]

Originally Posted by SA2EP?

What is the main source of H20 in El Paso. Does the city ever put out water restrictions?

They have water in El Paso?

[6 FOOT 3]

Originally Posted by wade_word

They have water in El Paso?

There's Brackish water underneath the whole region including going up in New Mexico over up towards Amarillo. Didn't they say 500 years of water??

[HookTheBrotherUp]

Originally Posted by wade_word

They have water in El Paso?

I recall El Paso had/has one of the most state of the art waste treatment plants in the world and actually recycles the grey water from the sewage treatment plant off, or near Delta. Seriously. I had to do some research for water treatment, and the facility/process that El Paso used was even admired by German engineers. This was back in the 90's, however. Think about that next time you take a swig of El Paso tap water.

Note: My post is not meant to be a slam against El Paso.

Regards

[Miner72]

El Paso's water is rated "Superior". That says it all...

And the PSB has done an excellent job in planning for the future.

Water restrictions are there for a reason and we live in a desert enviornment. The only thing I can fault with the PSB was their lack of leadership in the convertion of the lanscaping from grass to xeriscape/ regional plants.

Grass plays an important part of our environment . What we have should be cultivated and taken care of throughout the year. More education is needed on how people can convert their yards and still have a nice environment. Instead, many have just given up and now we have too may eyesores.

Leadership is needed to instill pride of the homeowner. That one factor could be a huge economic developer for this city.

[kidicarus89]

El Paso is a fantastic water conservationist. On the other end of the spectrum you have Phoenix, which is sprawling at an incredible rate, yet everywhere I see there are new golf courses and green lawns all over the place. You'd hardly know it was a barren desert. Very inefficient use of water I'd say.