Cargill Meat Solutions Friona Texas

– Texas Water Foundation, a non-profit educational organization focused on optimizing water usage throughout the condition, will communicate its annual Blue Legacy Award for manufacturing companies to Cargill's Friona, Tx, meat processing center at circumstances capitol service in Austin on March 26. Cargill's Friona plant may be the just factory receiving a 2015 award for water conservation in the "Tx liquid trip to the Capitol" event. The organization had been nominated for the prize by the tall Plains Water District located in Lubbock.

Friona is situated in the Tx Panhandle, and sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the biggest underground bodies of liquid on the planet. This aquifer covers 174, 000 square kilometers in part of eight says through the entire Great Plains, including portions of Southern Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. It gives water for nearly 30 % of irrigated land in the us. In Texas, the Ogallala Aquifer supplies water to 36, 000 square miles spread across 48 counties.

The aquifer happens to be stressed by population growth, agricultural irrigation, manufacturing use and drought. Cargill knows the significance of water for renewable meals production. During the past six years, Cargill's Friona meat handling plant has paid down water usage by 23 %, preserving over 150 million gallons yearly. Addressed water from the plant can also be provided to neighborhood farmers, lowering their particular need for water from the aquifer. The plant staff has also developed means of capturing water used in heat exchangers as well as other gear that may be reused for exterior plant cleaning.

In a related occasion, a landmark liquid legal rights contract benefitting the City of Friona and Cargill was signed in mid-2014 after an extensive evaluation and reviews of various choices. The final arrangement involved the town of Friona swapping 386 miles south of town to Cargill for 476 acres owned because of the business north of town. Both parcels consist of liquid legal rights and Friona Mayor professional Tem Greg Lewellen labeled as the swap a "win/win for city and Cargill." Friona estimates it'll save your self millions of dollars developing water accessibility for city usage on land closer to town, while Cargill have liquid in better proximity to its plant, decreasing infrastructure and handling expenses.

"working together with numerous stakeholders to find long-lasting answers for liquid dilemmas is essential to communities, the economy and also the environment, " stated John Keating, president of Wichita, Kansas-based Cargill Beef. "There are 2, 000 wonderful people working at our Friona plant who call the region home and tend to be encouraging their own families and businesses through the entire area. Although the need for liquid protection is increasing global, we think you can find revolutionary ways of finding solutions, like the the one that was reached in Friona."

Nick McFarland, environmental superintendent for Cargill at Friona, and plant professional Charlie Pope, will attend the March 26 event in Austin and accept the prize on the part of Cargill.

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