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.

2024 Meeting Announcements

• 2024 Annual Conference & Expo, South Central Membrane Association, August 21-23, 2024, Montgomery, TX
• Texas Desal 2024, Texas Desal Association, September 11-13, 2024, Austin, TX
• 2024 Texas Groundwater Summit, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, September 20-22, 2024, San Antonio, TX

Recent Maps

Location of recommended desalination projects in the 2022 State Water Plan relative to completed brackish aquifer studies and designated Brackish Groundwater Production Zones

Concentrate Disposal Methods in Texas

Desalination Plant Database

Desalination in the interactive 2022 State Water Plan

• Groundwater desalination
• Seawater desalination
• Surface water desalination

TWDB Reports

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