Texas Desal Association

Enhancing Water Supplies for Now and the Future...

Pitch to Pilot Funding Opportunity
The Bureau of Reclamation is making up to $1 million available through its
Desalination and Water Purification Research Program.
This funding opportunity is seeking innovative and cost-effective new water treatment technologies.
This unique, two-phase funding opportunity will have selected applicants to
pitch their new technology to technical experts this fall.
 Applications are due by June 17, 2020 Learn More
Michael Hightower, NM Desal, Executive Director
Wendy Ridderbusch, CA Desal, Executive Director
Kyle Frazier, TX Desal, Executive Director

Discussing Multi-State Salinity Coalition (MSSC) 2020

Enhancing Texas’ Water Supplies

Desalination offers a viable, drought-proof solution to water needs in the Lone Star State.

Nearly 100 inland desalination facilities across Texas produce 138 million gallons of water per day from the 2.7 billion acre-feet of brackish water in our aquifers. Seawater desal is coming soon to Texas along the Gulf Coast—stay tuned. These untapped, dependable waters can free up existing fresh water supplies for other uses and for in-stream flows — starting now and into the future.

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DESAL FAQs

What is desalination? Who’s doing it? Are we drinking seawater? Learn more about desalination technology and how it’s being used here in Texas and around the world.

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MEMBER BENEFITS

TexasDesal offers its members networking and educational opportunities, and a greater role in state policy and rulemaking. Join us as we lead the way for new water sources in Texas.

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DROUGHT STATUS

Access to the Texas Drought Map.
 
 

2020 Conference

The annual conference brings together a diverse group of municipalities, water suppliers, engineers, regulators and legislators with industry professionals to discuss how to implement desal in Texas. November 4-6, 2020 Sonesta Bee Cave, Austin, TX Please check back soon for more information on this event. Speaker and Student Poster Call for Abstracts will be available shortly. … Learn More

About Us

MISSION The mission of the Texas Desalination Association (TexasDesal) is to encourage better use of Texas' water resources through the development of brackish, marine and other saline waters. TexasDesal does this through advocacy and education of state and local decision makers, the public, industry leaders and other stakeholders. Our goal is to unlock key water resources to benefit Texas’ … Learn More

Advocacy

Advocacy for a drought-proof water supply. Texas Desalination Association was formed as an advocacy group in order to address changes in desalination policy and permitting required to assure the option of a drought-proof water supply. Before 1990, not much was known about brackish and marine waters, so development opportunities for the public good were limited. After the 2011 drought, … Learn More

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Texas Desalination Association (TXD)
Headquartered in Austin, TX

Mailing Address:
2409 SE Dixie Hwy
Stuart, FL 34996
(512) 322-0404

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Membership in TexasDesal puts you on the front row for water policy initiatives, actions with elected officials and government agencies, and the latest desal industry developments in Texas.

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