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Budget Cuts Close Desalination Plant
In Freeport Texas the first federal desalination plant to convert salt water to drinking water is shut down after budget cuts. Valve closures end 12 years of operation opened by President Kennedy in 1961. About 650000 gallons daily were sent to Freeport. Plant workers attend briefly as funding drops from 27 million to 2.5 million. Only one pilot facility remains in Wrightsville Beach. Local water supply shifts to Dow Chemical for backup at 10 cents per 1000 gallons.
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John F. Kennedy
White House
Caston
Dow Chemical Co
San Diego
Calif
Roswell
N.M
Webster
N.D
Wrightsville Beach
N.C
John Newton
Freeport
Interior Department
Bechtel Corp
Dow Chemical
Linda Sherrouse
Office of
Saline Water
Bill Buhrig
Harlingen, Tex
Central Power and Light Co
CP and L
South Texas
Jim Bradshaw
Texas
Bradshaw
Central Power and Light of
Corpus Christi
Houston Lighting and Power Co
City Public Service Board of
San Antonio