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From left, Adam Baugh, Leonard Water Treatment Plant supervisor II; Justin Screws, Tawakoni Water Treatment Plant supervisor; Jenna Covington, executive director/general manager; and Billy Hall, Bonham Water Treatment Plant supervisor. They are shown at the sedimentation basin at the Wylie Water Treatment Plant Complex.
“There are 55,000 people moving into our service area every year,” says Jenna Covington. “And none of them are bringing water with them.”
That sums up the continuing challenge facing the North Texas Municipal Water District. When founded in 1951 the district served 32,000...