Desalination

In April 2002, Governor Rick Perry tasked the Texas Water Development Board (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.

2018 Meeting Announcements

• 2018 American Water Works Association Young Professional Leadership Training, February 19, 2018, San Antonio, Texas
• American Water Works Association - Water Environment Federation The Utility Managment Conference, February 20-23, 2018, San Antonito, Texas
• 2018 Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition, March 12-16, 2018, West Palm Beach, Florida
• American Membrane Technology Association and South Central Membrane Association Joint Technology Transfer Workshop, April 24-26, 2018, El Paso, Texas
• South Central Membrane Association 2018 Annual Conference and Expo "Membranes: Mystery to Mastery", August 22-24, 2018, San Antonio, Texas