Lytle council allows private firm to test water process locally

Lytle ISD Superintendent Dustin Breithaupt, foreground left, topped the agenda at the Feb. 23 Lytle City Council, thanking Police Chief Richard Priest, center, and his department for their quick action when nearly 40 students left campus in a recent walk-out protest akin to many seen across the state. Priest said his immediate concern was that “those situations can dynamically change so quickly based on who’s driving by and what mood they’re in.” Fortunately, the protest remained peaceful. (Photo by Anton Riecher)

By Anton Riecher
Permission for a Wyoming-based company to use city owned property adjoining the Lytle wastewater treatment plant as the location for a pilot program to extract and condense humidity from the atmosphere as a sustainable water source was granted by the Lytle City Council at its Feb. 23 meeting.
City Administrator Zachary Meadows said the project proposed by 109 Capital Partners LLP calls for construction of a special facility to test its evaporation process technology in the United States.
“Tonight, we are presented with a license agreement for your consideration between 109 Capital Partners and the city of Lytle for the construction and operation of an atmospheric water tower,” Meadows said.
These systems typically extract humidity from the air and condense the resulting moisture into potable water as an alternative to drilling wells in rural regions. The agreement…LOGIN TO CONTINUE READING at www.devinenewsmembers.com. You will get instant access to our full E-edition, and begin getting the newspaper delivered to your home next week for $36 a year in Medina County. Support important local city, county, and school news like this!