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City reports Fermi's July 2026 water use at 310,000 gallons (386th among top users)
At the August 25, 2026 City Council meeting, Assistant City Manager Donny Hooper said he had sampled the City's top 400 water users; in July 2026 Fermi Inc. ranked 386th at 310,000 gallons, with the project still under construction. The Amarillo Tribune's September 30 report gave the figure as around 300,000 gallons.[1][2]
Donny HooperFermi America (Fermi, Inc.)
What the sources say
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Arithmetic from the reported figures: 300,000-310,000 gallons over July's 31 days averages roughly 9,700-10,000 gallons a day, compared with the agreement's 2.5 million gallons-per-day maximum (about 77.5 million gallons over 31 days).[2][3][1]
- Avg gallons per day
- 9,677
- Cap gallons 31 days
- 77,500,000
- Avg gallons per day high
- 10,000
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Donny Hooper: At the August 25, 2026 City Council meeting, Assistant City Manager Donny Hooper said he had sampled data for the City's top 400 water users; in July 2026 Fermi Inc. ranked 386th at 310,000 gallons. The Amarillo Tribune's September 30, 2026 report gave the figure as around 300,000 gallons.
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Donny Hooper: In the same July 2026 sample, Tyson was the second-highest water user at about 94.4 million gallons and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice was fifth at about 29.7 million gallons.[1]
- Tyson gallons july 2026
- 94,400,000
- Tdcj gallons july 2026
- 29,700,000
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The same presentation reported the City began Stage 1 of its drought contingency plan on August 17, 2026, when its 500-million-gallon reservoir reached 60% of capacity; the reservoir was at 55.71% on August 24. The City's deliveries to Fermi are subject to the Drought Contingency Plan under the water supply agreement.[1][3]
- Reservoir pct 2026 08 24
- 55.71
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Donny Hooper: Hooper said the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority delivers 36 million gallons a day to the reservoir and the City's well fields supply 32 million gallons a day; the City averages 50 million gallons a day in summer and had used more than 80 million gallons on several recent days.[1]