We furnish, you know, 90% of the nation's jet fuel, domestic and military. That's the reason our water supply, which we furnished to the petrochemical refineries, is a homeland security issue. Our eastside water plant was built in 1954. It furnishes 60% of Houston's water. It looks like it was built in 1954, Mayor Holcomb. And so when I saw it, and then I was told there's no backup system, it furnishes 60% of Houston's water. (51:23–51:40)
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Asserts that Houston's eastside water plant, built in 1954, supplies 60% of the city's water.
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