>“We have not over-allocated [or] oversold our water,” Ramos said. “We look at everybody that’s coming in, and we evaluate our supply and whether or not to get into any additional contracts.”
Those are not the words you'd expect out of a municipal water utility that is currently in the process of building out massive seawater desalination plants, as the article later mentions:
>Chispa Texas program director Elida Castillo worries that SB 7 focuses on funding investments in desalination and other harmful water sourcing methods instead of prioritizing the conservation of pre-existing water sources.
However, of all the expansion options on tap --- including attempting to clean *fracking water* --- desalination is the least bad one.
>Castillo also said that the contracts between water suppliers and industrial customers like Avina benefit those big companies far more than the average residential user, with companies sometimes paying just over half what residents pay per gallon because of the industries’ bulk purchases. When CCW took steps to bridge the cost gap last year, industrial customers filed a complaint with the Texas Public Utility Commission, sparking a legal battle that was settled privately, according to Commission filings.
Well that's typical. We saw the same in #Austin #atx with Austin Energy, the (purportedly) publicly owned electric company, where residential rate payers faced higher rates --- and dodged an absurd monthly fee a couple years ago -- that commercial and industrial users didn't in their latest rate setting efforts. It's a shame that the aforementioned legal battle between CCW and industry didn't play out.
🅸🅶
🆁🆁🅴.
Couples 
