Wichita Falls’ harrowing experience with a five-year drought that began in 2010 could help other Texas communities through future water crises.
Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed into law a measure that puts the state on the path to developing water resources through Direct Potable Reuse projects.
Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) means processing effluent sewer water for immediate use as drinking water.
When Wichita Falls hurried a DPR system into use during the drought, the city made headlines across the country as the city that drinks “potty water.”
But it worked and now Wichita Falls can maintain a steady level of potable water into Lake Arrowhead, the primary water reservoir.
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Water providers in some rural communities across the region often fail to deliver clean and reliable water. Black Bayou Water Association is addressing that issue by connecting small utilities.
Based in Grand Forks, AE2S employs about 300 people in 23 offices throughout eight states Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 7:00 am, May 29, 2021 ×
Charlie Vein, president and co-founder of AE2S, is retiring after a 30-year career with the company. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
From a small one-room office in the basement of the old depot in downtown Grand Forks, the AE2S engineering firm has grown far beyond what Charlie Vein could have imagined about 30 years ago.
When he and co-founder Steve Burian launched the company in October 1991, “we started from scratch,” said Vein, who is retiring this month.
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