Desalination

In April 2002, Governor Rick Perry tasked the TWDB with developing a proposal to build Texas' very first large-scale seawater desalination plant to produce drinking water. The following year, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1370 directing the agency to undertake or participate in research, feasibility and facility planning studies, investigations, and surveys as needed to advance the development of cost-effective water supplies from seawater desalination in the state. TWDB has expanded its scope of desalination activities to include brackish groundwater, an abundant source of water supply in many areas of the state.

2022 Meeting Announcements

• Membrane Plant Operator Training – MOC III: Low Pressure Membrane Systems, South Central Membrane Association, December 7-9, 2021, El Paso, TX
• 2022 Membrane Technology Conference, American Water Works Association, February 21-25, 2022, Las Vegas, NV
• 2022 MSSC Summit, Multi-State Salinity Coalition, February 23-25, 2022, Las Vegas, NV
• 2022 Membrane Technology Conference, American Water Works Association, February 21-25, 2022, Las Vegas, NV
• ACE22, American Water Works Association, June 12-15, 2022, San Antonio, TX
• Texas Desal 2022, September 14-16, 2022, Austin, TX
• 2022 Texas Groundwater Summit, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, September 2022, San Antonio, TX