Editing Big Spring, Texas (section)

=== Services and facilities ===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates the Big Spring District Parole Office in the city.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm Parole Division Region V] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926122729/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm |date=September 26, 2011 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref>

The [[Texas Department of State Health Services]] operates a 200-bed psychiatric hospital, opened in 1939. The hospital has reduced its number of beds over the years, but remains one of the largest employers in Big Spring.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Big Spring Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/big-spring-501-s-main-st-big-spring-tx-1354936 Post Office Location – BIG SPRING] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612040717/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/big-spring-501-s-main-st-big-spring-tx-1354936 |date=June 12, 2012}}." [[United States Postal Service]]; retrieved May 22, 2010.</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] (BOP) operates the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Big Spring]] in Big Spring.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=big FCI Big Spring, Contact Information]." [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref> The nearby Big Spring Correctional Center is privately operated ([[GEO Group]]) on behalf of the BOP.<ref>"[http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=BSC CI Big Spring Contact Information]." [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref><ref>"{{cite web|url=http://www.geogroup.com/Maps/LocationDetails/20 |title=Big Spring Correctional Center – the GEO Group Inc|access-date=August 29, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815020810/http://www.geogroup.com/Maps/LocationDetails/20|archive-date=August 15, 2016}}", [[GEO Group]]. Retrieved on July 25, 2013.</ref>

The Colorado River Municipal Water District operates a [[reclaimed water]] treatment plant in Big Spring, the first of its kind in Texas, the product of which is then delivered to the potable water treatment plants of Big Spring, Stanton, Midland, and [[Odessa, Texas|Odessa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mybigspring.com/water_treatment|title=Water Treatment Plant|website=Big Spring, Texas|publisher=City of Big Spring|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155631/http://www.mybigspring.com/water_treatment|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watereuse.org/node/3300|title=Foundation Partners with Carollo Engineers on Innovative Research|publisher=[[WateReuse]]|access-date=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090144/http://www.watereuse.org/node/3300|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watereuse.org/node/3300|title=Testing Water Quality in a Municipal Wastewater Effluent Treated to Drinking Water Standards|publisher=[[Texas Water Development Board]]|access-date=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090144/http://www.watereuse.org/node/3300|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>