Committee begins to forecast effects of water usage
By Paul Wood
Tuesday August 21, 2007
RANTOUL – For those who are concerned about all the water used to create ethanol from corn, a consultant said Monday, consider how much more water might be used to make even more corn for ethanol.
Jack Wittman is the president of Wittman Hydro Planning Associates of Bloomington, Ind., the consultant firm hired by the East Central Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning Committee to work up supply projections for the area. The planners and residents of Champaign, Ford, Iroquois and Vermilion counties met at the Rantoul Public Library on Monday afternoon.
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