Prison Taps Geothermal Aquifer

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UTAH STATE PRISON -- A vast underground aquifer of near-boiling water is saving Utah taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The geothermal reservoir -- located roughly 1,000 feet beneath the Utah State Prison -- has been tapped as an alternative energy source to provide heat and hot water to hundreds of inmates.

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Prison Taps Geothermal Aquifer

By the time the second phase of the project is completed in 2005, savings in natural gas costs alone will amount to $190,000 annually, said Bruce Munson, account executive for Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls I...

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