MIDLAND COMPOSITE Rising out of the Permian Basin area in western Texas, which produces one-fifth of the nation’s total petroleum and natural gas output, Midland’s two-million-gallon composite elevated tank was built to provide a physical necessity to those around it. In 2012, this area of Texas was experiencing the third-worst drought it had ever seen; its reservoirs were running low while the town of Midland was experiencing a rapid growth

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