However, according to the Congressional Research Service, these plants would also require 164 billion gallons of water annually—as much as is used by one million Southwestern families.
Gayunpaman, ayon sa mga Serbisyo Research Congressional, ang mga halaman ay mangangailangan din 164,000,000,000 gallons ng tubig taun-taon -hangga't ay ginagamit ng isang milyong Timog-Kanluran pamilya .