Comments on: In Dry Texas, Recycled Water Looks Better and Better http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/04/in-dry-texas-recycled-water-looks-better-and-better/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Thu, 23 May 2013 13:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Analisa Nazareno http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/10/04/in-dry-texas-recycled-water-looks-better-and-better/comment-page-1/#comment-22756 Analisa Nazareno Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:23:30 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18511#comment-22756 Another fact, not mentioned in the NPR story, is that last year, the San Antonio Water System also inaugurated the nation’s first biogas recycling refinery. SAWS was the first to partner with a commercial natural gas company. So, it is the first to recycle all three products from the water recycling process: water, solids, and biogas. In doing so, the area’s residents benefit in two ways: 1. the company receives a royalty for the biogas, so SAWS is generating income and reducing production cost and 2. SAWS reduces the area’s overall CO2 emissions, because it no longer burns the biogas through large flares.

Here’s the story link: http://www.saws.org/latest_news/newsdrill.cfm?news_id=709

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