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ANDERSON -- Tom Brewer has a recipe for reviving this city abandoned by the U.S. auto industry.
Study satellite photography, groundwater flow and historic well records. Build wells to increase pumping capacity by millions of gallons daily. Then position that bounty in front of food processors--one of the thirstiest industries out there.
"Food processors are notorious for using a lot of water," said Brewer, superintendent of the Anderson Municipal Water Department. "The Midwest is a great oasis, or water belt."
The city soon will tap a new well to help accommodate demand from Nestle USA, which opened a plant here in May 2008 producing bottled, flavored Nesquik and liquid Coffee-mate, a water-based creamer. The company already has launched an expansion slated for completion in 2011.
The well, costing $313,000, will yield as much as 2 million gallons a day. Anderson also has agreed to build a $3 million water tower to stabilize pressure at the industrial park where Nestle resides--a project Brewer said will help the entire city.
Later this year, Brewer plans to install two more wells. If all goes as planned, Anderson will have boosted its maximum daily yield 30 percent, to 15 million gallons.
Spurred on by Nestle, Brewer and economic development officials hope to net more food processors.
"We're going to make a comeback, and water is one of the major tools we have for doing it," Brewer said.
When Nestle's expansion is complete, the Swiss company will have invested $529 million. The...
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