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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Jim Getz
Feb. 28--Every day in Dallas, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and two dozen other cities in the region, millions of people take showers, water their lawns, hose down driveways and do laundry without ever thinking about where the water comes from.
But the Dallas City Council must, because Dallas Water Utilities supplies them all: 2.3 million people in 27 cities, along with other water customers such as utility districts. The council's policy directions on the city's water sources over the next 55 years will affect residents, businesses and habitat from here to rural East Texas.
After months of study and weeks of public input, a city-hired consultant, Ed Motley of the Chiang, Patel & Yerby engineering firm, will today offer a long-range water plan for Dallas to consider....
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