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.
2025 Meeting Announcements
- Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, CA, February 24-27, 2025
- 2025 MSSC Annual Salinity Summit, Multi-State Saliinity Coalition , February 26-28, 2025, Las Vegas, NV
- 2025 Texas Groundwater Summit, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, August 19-21, 2024, San Antonio, TX
- Texas Desal 2024, Texas Desal Association, September 24-26, 2025, Bee Cave, TX
- 2025 Annual Conference & Expo, South Central Membrane Association, October 22-24, 2025, Abilene, TX
Recent Maps
Concentrate Disposal Methods in Texas
Desalination Plant Database
Desalination in the interactive 2022 State Water Plan
TWDB Reports
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