LET’S DO WATER MATH…EIGHTY (80) minus FIFTY FIVE (55) minus SEVEN.FIVE (7.5) equals -----

You can use old math, new math, or AI math.
 
You can compute with your abacus, your grade school lead  pencil and lined paper, a slide rule, a cashier register, iPhone, iPad, laptop or desktop computer.
 
Hopefully you will get the same answer.
 
Here are my calculations:
 
80 million gallons of water capacity per day of Shreveport water treatment plant MINUS
 
55 million gallons of water per day maximum Shreveport summertime water usage MINUS
 
7.5 million gallons of water per day proposed data center will use EQUALS
 
62.5 million gallons of water per day maximum Shreveport usage with data center
 
Now if that math is correct, then the Shreveport water plant would still have 17.5 million gallons of excess water capacity per day after the data center became a water customer.
 
And just in case one wonders, the average water usage of water this time of the year is 30 million gallons per day. (This information was provided by interim director Brandon Snead, Shreveport Water and Sewage Department.)
 
Bottomline, arguments that Shreveport does not have sufficient water capacity for the proposed data center just don’t hold water.