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Did You Know...
- The plant treats up to 72 million gallons of water a day, which could fill 102.5 Olympic-sized pools or 1.16 billion cups of water.
- You could fill 4.2 trillion water balloons with the water produced at the plant each year.
- The weight of 72 million gallons of water is heavier than the 54-million pound base of the Statue of Liberty.
- It took 375,000 total manhours to build the plant, which is equivalent to one person working 8 hours a day for 46,875 days.
- Approximately 15,000 cubic yards of concrete were used to construct the plant, which is equivalent to a 46-mile sidewalk.
- Comparing the cost of new water provided by the plant to other beverages:
- Gallon of Milk - $3.19
- Gallon of bottled water - $1.09
- Gallon of Starbucks latte - $24.32
- Gallon of regular gas - $2.52
- Gallon of water from the Surface Water Treatment Plant - $.0022
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