How One Texas City Produced Drinking Water During Unprecedented Drought

What would you do if your city was facing the threat of collapse from running out of water during an unprecedented drought? When Wichita Falls, Texas, faced this situation in the 2011–2015 drought, they found a creative solution only successfully implemented one other time in world history: direct reuse of wastewater for treated drinking water. In this episode, Daniel Nix, Utilities Operations Manager with the City of Wichita Falls, shares how they pulled off this award-winning endeavor and saved their city from collapse.