Letter: Worried about water consumption



Yesterday I read (in The Daily Record) for the third time that the coming Daisy Brand facility will use 1 million gallons of water each and every day.

Now I understand that enticing the Daisy Brand company to build in the Wooster area was/is an economic coup for the city of Wooster, schools, etc., but is anyone else appalled, worried, shocked that Daisy will require 1 million gallons of water a day?

What does the EPA say about this huge consumption of a water resource on the surrounding aquifer and residential neighborhood water supply? What happens when we have a summer drought?

Personally, I like sour cream, but I like having a drink of decent water a whole lot more. Answers/comments please.

Cheryl Guthrie


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  • To put 1 million gallons of water per day into context, the average household uses about 4,000 gallons per month so adding 1,000,000 gallons per day is equivalent to adding about 7,500 households to your water system. For  a city the size of Wooster that is a lot of water. Hopefully, the people responsible have considered the effect this will have. As another commenter said, the waste water issue may be just as or more critical to the city.

  • I'm with jwood, my guess is the people that lured this company to the area don't have a clue about having a clue.For them the future is ten minutes not ten years. All they see is $$$$$

  • Maybe woodie should go back to California and take a look at the water problems there?And to think,they have been ruled by Democrats for years.

  • Ignorance runs the left,right woodie?

    The right question to ask is if Daisy will do pre-treament of their wastewater?

  • I don't know if one million gallons of water a day is a big deal or not.  But I'll bet my bottom dollar that neither do the people that lured this company to the area.  Money rules Republicans, and beware of the rest.

  • 1 Million gallons of water is not a big deal.  Wooster will not "dry up" because of Daisy.