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# Texas Desalination Association

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- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | Post Session Update - June 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-post-session-update-june-2023/) - The bill of major interest to members of the Texas Desalination community, SB 28 (Perry) was finally passed on the 28th of May, sent to the Governor on the 29th and signed on June 9th. The earliest effective date for the majority of SB 28 is September 1 of this year. The funding mechanism for
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | April 2026](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-april-2026/) - What an unusually strange world in which we live. Earlier this month the discussions were about the President possibly committing genocide and today we have a ceasefire and attempts to negotiate a peace settlement. Tomorrow, who knows. How this impacts Texas, other than higher gas prices and our military’s increased risk, remains to be seen.
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | June 2026](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-june-2026/) - The primaries and runoffs are completed, and we have a full slate of candidates for the fall elections from both parties. While there were not many surprises, the margin of General Paxton’s win was probably larger than some might have expected. Senator Cornyn and the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee spent in excess of $100 million
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | February 2026](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-february-2026/) - There is a big election on the horizon. It is big because lots of folks are on the ballot, the Democrats have managed to find someone for nearly every position on the ballot, which is quite unusual. It is also big because of the races that are on the ballot. Every congressional seat, all of
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- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | September 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-september-2025/) - Governor Gregg Abbott called 2 special sessions earlier this summer. The sessions immediately followed the regular 89th legislative session marked by partisan conflict and a successful quorum break by House Democrats during the first called special session. The first special session began on July 21 and concluded August 15. House Democrats left the state to
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- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | August 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-august-2025/) - The first called special session saw over 450 bills and resolutions filed. Many of those bills are variations on a theme between flood warnings and prevention, regulation/banning THC products, and redistricting. These 3 subjects represent the lion’s share of what was filed. The House and Senate met on Friday, the 15th to Sine Die the
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | July 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-july-2025/) - The Governor announced the items on the agenda for the upcoming Special Session. Not only is the Governor the only official who can call a Special Session, he also decides what is on the agenda. While the members can file any bill they wish (and many do) only those items included on the Special Session
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | June 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-june-2025/) - The 89th legislative session ended on Monday June 2nd. Despite some last-minute wrangling dealing with an increase in judge’s salaries (which is also tied to legislator’s pensions) both the House and the Senate finished mid afternoon. No mention of the need for a special session. At least not today. It seems that many of the
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | May 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-may-2025/) - As of today, there are 20 days remaining in this current regular legislative session. The pace, as usual this time of year both speeds up dramatically and slows down at times to a standstill. The first of many deadlines came about on May 12th and then continue every few days. These deadlines, first coming into
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | March 2025 [2nd Update]](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-march-2025-2nd-update/) - The Senate took up its version of the budget bill this past Tuesday March 25th. It passed without opposition. The House version is several weeks behind. The mechanics of this process are the Senate will send their version of the bill over to the House, the House will replace it with the House version, pass
- [Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | March 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-march-2025/) - So, the session will finally get going. It has been going, it will now really get going. The jigsaw puzzle that is naming the House committees is always a thing, it is even more of a thing when you have a new Speaker and 52 (count ‘em) 52 House members vote against the winner. The
- [Tightest ever security op as NATO Summit](https://www.texasdesal.com/tightest-ever-security-op-as-nato-summit/) - Vivamus vel augue vel ante mattis suscipit vel et nulla. Mauris imperdiet, nisi a hendrerit accumsan, tellus lectus consectetur massa, id interdum odio eros ut turpis. Nullam quis interdum eros. Nam sodales lorem a placerat viverra. Aenean ut purus a sapien pharetra iaculis. Nam blandit iaculis pellentesque.
- [Google Glass developers must solve genuine problems](https://www.texasdesal.com/google-glass-developers-must-solve-genuine-problems/) - Augue vel ante mattis suscipit vel et nulla. Mauris imperdiet, nisi a hendrerit accumsan, tellus lectus consectetur massa, id interdum odio eros ut turpis. Nullam quis interdum eros. Nam sodales lorem a placerat viverra. Aenean ut purus a sapien pharetra iaculis. Nam blandit iaculis pellentesque.
- [Legislative Updates from Kyle Frazier | January 2025](https://www.texasdesal.com/legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-january-2025/) - Last session approximately 8,530 bills and resolutions were filed during the course of the session. Of those, the number of bills that actually got to the Governor’s desk was 1,357 that he either signed or allowed to become law without his signature or right at 16%. So far this session around 2,400 bills have been
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | August 2024](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-august-2024/) - The Dog Days of Summer… While it certainly feels like the Dog Days… I am a bit late with this update. The Dog Days officially ended on August 11th. For those of us unsure from where the phrase originates it refers to the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius which rises at about the same
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | May 2024](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-updates-from-kyle-frazier-may-2024/) - We are just a few days out from the end of early voting for the May runoff election. A few days before we find out if the efforts to significantly change the makeup of the Texas House of Representatives is successful, or if the massive amounts of money that have been spent to date to
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | March 2024](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-march-2024/) - The Texas Water Development Board posted a stakeholder meeting to discuss the Texas Water Fund on Wednesday February 20th. This is one of the early steps to eventual rulemaking based on the passage of SB 28th during the most recent legislative session. As a reminder, the legislation included potential funding of ($1 Billion) which was
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | February 2024](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-february-2024/) - The new year has brought an intensity to the campaign season and an end (at least for now) of legislative Special Sessions. With the campaign season now in full swing, fundraising has become the central focus for virtually all candidates/office holders. Even those who are not on the ballot are raising money at an alarming
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | August 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-august-2023/) - It’s impeachment season. In less than 30 days the current Texas Attorney General will face his impeachment jury made up of the 31 Texas senators, including his wife. The judge, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (non-lawyer) will oversee at least some portion of the trial and make judgements on the various legal questions that arise. General
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | June 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-june-2023/) - The 88th legislative session has come to a conclusion. The House and Senate both adjourned, Sine Die, which actually means (for those who do not remember their high school Latin) indefinitely, without any future date being designated, late afternoon of the 29th. Although, the Governor called a Special Session at 9:00 p.m. just a few
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | May 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-may-2023/) - With 12 days left in the 88th legislative session there are still many unanswered questions. Will a budget compromise be reached, will a voucher program of some type be established, what will the property tax situation look like and will anything be done on behalf of our schools and their employees? Here are a couple
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | April 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-april-2023/) - The budget (HB 1) was voted out of Senate Finance late last week and could be up on the Senate floor later this week. Once this action is taken, both the House and the Senate can appoint conference committee members to begin the budget deliberations. In addition, the supplemental appropriations bill (SB 30) has passed
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | March 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-march-2023/) - We have reached the halfway point in the 88th legislative session. The House Appropriations Committee has concluded its work on HB 1 (budget) and the bill will head to the House floor to be considered in early April. While it is assumed that there will be considerable debate on the House floor about specific points
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- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | January 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-january-2023/) - The session has begun. Sort of. Tuesday January 10th 12 noon, House and Senate members got sworn in and became official. Representative Dade Phelan (R- Beaumont) was elected Speaker with a vote of 147 to 3. The 3 went to Representative Tony Tinderholt (R- Ft Worth). History tells us that members who vote against the
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | February 2023](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-february-2023/) - The 88th meeting of the Texas Legislature is well underway and could potentially have a great impact on the future of water in Texas. After experiencing almost continuous multi-year droughts during the past decade, our state government appears to be interested in making long term investments in water infrastructure. Over the past 20 plus years,
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | October 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-october-2022/) - On Tuesday October 18th the House Natural Resources Committee met to hear the final interim charge. This charge dealt specifically with desalination. There were a number of witnesses who testified during the several hours-long hearing. Erica Mancha and Matt Nelson, from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) along with Kimberly Nygen and Robert Sadlier, from
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | September 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-september-2022/) - ELECTIONS With the passage of Labor Day the election cycle is now in full swing. While cable TV commercials have been running for those well funded enough to afford them, many campaigns are just now going up on commercial TV with their full ad buys, hoping their budgets allow them to stay up and on
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | August 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-august-2022/) - The cash registers (both at the state and in private business) continue to ring at a record pace. I recently sent out a state revenue estimate report from Comptroller Hegar (link provided below) that reflects his latest estimate. This is the last update before the end of the state fiscal year on August 31st. The
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | April 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-april-2022/) - The conclusion of the first primary run has ushered in the initial set of Interim Hearings in both the House and Senate. That coupled with the first Sunset review hearings promises a busy rest of April and May. There are still several run-offs that need to be concluded (May 24th) but not enough to derail
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | March 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-march-2022/) - Primary Election ResultsTexas election results 2022 for governor, Congress and more primaries | The Texas Tribune The 2022 primary election held few surprises yesterday. Governor Abbott and Beto O’Rourke each won their respective primary elections with respectable margins. Governor Abbott was forced to spend considerable funds to achieve his victory but has an immense war
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | February 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-february-2022/) - Early voting begins on February 14th and concludes on February 25th. Primary election day, seemingly early this year is on March 1st. With an unprecedented number of primary and open seat elections, there apparently is something for everyone. What this large number of races does is to ensure a significant number of new members destined
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | January 2022](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-january-2022/) - 2022 Retirements and Filings December 13th was the filing deadline for state and federal elected offices. The first election after a census year is often time for significant change. Once the redistricting process has been completed, the new districts lines will often be cause for dramatic change. This year is no different. There is a
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | November 2021](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-november-2021/) - POST SESSION REPORT | November 2021 SPECIAL SESSION RECAP After numerous Special Sessions this summer the final session (3rd called) came to an end on October 20th. As a reminder, the Governor is the only official that can call a Special Session and also determines the content. For this 3rd session the main areas of
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | July 2021](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-july-2021/) - POST SESSION REPORT | July 2021 As of this morning 385 bills and resolutions have been filed by members of the House and Senate. The majority of these bills deal with state and local elections in some fashion. The remainder deal with a host of other issues, most of which are on Governor Abbott’s Special
- [NAWI Alliance Spring Meeting 2021](https://www.texasdesal.com/nawi-alliance-spring-meeting-2021/)
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | June 2021](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-june-2021/) - Requiring agencies to publish brief summary of proposed rules on website HB 1904 To ensure that equity that can no longer be used under the water infrastructure fund (WIF) can be used for other programs in the Texas Water Development Fund II (DFund II) HB 1905 Relating to relieving regional water planning groups of certain
- [Texas Desal Legislative Update from Kyle Frazier | April 2021](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-legislative-update-from-kyle-frazier-april-2021/) - April 2021 The legislative session has only 40 days remaining. What began as a unique session because of the Covid pandemic evolved into something quite a bit different because of the severe winter weather that struck the state in mid-February. A statewide power curtailment along with public water supply interruptions posed significant problems for large portions
- [New Mega Desalination Plant Comes to Texas](https://www.texasdesal.com/new-mega-desalination-plant-comes-texas/) - The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) activated one of the largest inland water desalination plants in the United States. Located in far southeast Bexar County, the H2Oaks plant will produce 12m gallons of water every day – serving over 50,000 homes.
- [How much water does El Paso's desalination plant supply?](https://www.texasdesal.com/2017-05-18/) - The Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant is the world's largest inland desalination plant and has the capacity to handle up to 27.5 million gallons of water every day. Read more (via KFOX14 El Paso)
- [Lone Star State Conference Review: Texas Desal 2017](https://www.texasdesal.com/lone-star-state-conference-review/) - Texas Desal 2017 brought together water industry professionals, desalination pioneers, legislatures, and students to learn about the latest in water treatment technology and provide networking opportunities. Excerpt from Water Desalination Report: "Brackish water desalination was the over-arching theme at Texas Desalination Association’s (TDA) annual conference in Austin last week. After all, San Antonio’s SAWS BWRO plant
- [Desalination Plant Anniversary Bodes Well for California](https://www.texasdesal.com/desalination-plant-anniversary-bodes-well-california/) - The one-year anniversary of Carlsbad desalination plant provides an opportunity to look at its positive impact in the region, writes Mark Muir of the San Diego County Water Authority.
- [NEWS RELEASE: Ground-breaking $1.2bn Project to Deliver Urgent Water Infrastructure Works Across Kurdistan](https://www.texasdesal.com/ground-breaking-1-2bn-project-deliver-urgent-water-infrastructure-works-across-kurdistan/) - British water engineering company, Biwater, have been awarded a USD $1.2 billion contract by the Kurdistan Regional Government to meet vital water supply and sanitation needs. Surrey, UK – 8 December 2016: Biwater have been contracted to deliver water and wastewater treatment solutions for the cities of Erbil and Sulaimani in the Kurdistan Region of
- [El Pasoans help Provide Clean, Desalinated Water Abroad](https://www.texasdesal.com/el-pasoans-help-provide-clean-water-abroad/) - For many of us in El Paso, save for a lapse in payment or water main break, we expect water to come out of the faucet when we turn on our taps. But for many in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, potable water is a precious commodity...
- [Bureau of Reclamation Seeks Applicants for Four Water Treatment Research Funding Opportunities](https://www.texasdesal.com/bureau-reclamation-seeks-applicants-four-water-treatment-research-funding-opportunities/) - Desalination and Water Purification Research and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Research applications are now being accepted.
- [Desal Getting Bigger in Texas](https://www.texasdesal.com/desal-getting-bigger-texas/) - This month’s column was written in collaboration with Paul Choules, president of the Texas Desalination Association. Shared with the permission of GWI. Written by Amanda Brock. There are great opportunities in Texas for companies that are able to utilise their desal technologies in multiple applications. But this requires the ability to understand and navigate the complexities
- [New scholarship fund named for Archuleta, Texas desal pioneer](https://www.texasdesal.com/new-scholarship-fund-named-archuleta-texas-desal-pioneer/) - Texas water industry veteran Ed Archuleta has won the Texas Desalination Pioneer Award for his "early vision of desalinated water for El Paso, Texas, and for bringing the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant online in 2007".
- [Paul Choules Interview with Trib+Water](https://www.texasdesal.com/paul-choules-interview-tribwater/) - Paul Choules, the president of the Texas Desalination Association, interviews with Trib+Water and gives insight on the goals of the Association as well as the future of desal in Texas.
- [IDE Technologies Ranks #2 Worldwide on Fortune's 2016 Change the World List](https://www.texasdesal.com/ide-technologies-ranks-2-worldwide-fortunes-2016-change-world-list/) - IDE Technologies ranked No. 2 on Fortune’s 2016 Change the World List–ahead of companies like General Electric, Nike and Nestlé. The list ranks businesses which are taking on society’s biggest problems—and making money in the process.
- [From Drought to Surplus - Desalination Leads the Israeli Water Management Campaign](https://www.texasdesal.com/drought-surplus-desalination-leads-israeli-water-management-campaign-2/) - By Rowan Jacobsen, Ensia July 29, 2016 - Just a few years ago, Israel was running out of water during its worst drought in at least 900 years. Now there is a surplus due to a new wave of desalination plants in conjunction with national campaigns to conserve and reuse.
- [Mark Your Calendars! Texas Groundwater Protection Committee Meeting, July 20th 2016](https://www.texasdesal.com/mark-calendars-texas-groundwater-protection-committee-meeting-july-20th-2016/) - Date of Meeting: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Time of Meeting: 1:00 p.m. Location: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Campus 12100 Park 35 Circle Building F, Room 2210 Austin, TX 78753 Get the agenda here: http://bit.ly/TGPCJuly20Agenda. For more information go to: http://tgpc.state.tx.us/meetings/
- [California Looking at Israeli Technology and Market Reforms](https://www.texasdesal.com/california-looking-israeli-technology-market-reforms/) - By Yuval Azulai, GLOBES June 8, 2016 - Representatives of 26 water purification, desalinization, wastewater treatment, and other companies will travel to Los Angeles at the end of June. California is looking to Israeli advancements in desalinization and municipal water system management to relieve issues caused by its prolonged drought.
- [IDE Plans More U.S. Desalination Plants After California Success](https://www.texasdesal.com/ide-plans-u-s-desalination-plants-california-success/) - JERUSALEM | BY ARI RABINOVITCH Israel's IDE Technologies, which opened this week a billion-dollar desalination plant in California, is helping to plan 10 new facilities throughout the United States, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday.
- [Biwater Awarded Two Reverse Osmosis Expansion Contracts in California](https://www.texasdesal.com/biwater-awarded-two-reverse-osmosis-expansion-contracts-in-california/) - California, USA – 1 February 2016: Biwater will commence work on two new reverse osmosis (RO) expansion projects in California, USA, later this month following the award of contracts to support the ‘Chino Desalter Phase 3 Expansion Plan’ in Chino and the ‘Goldsworthy Desalter Expansion Project’ in Torrance. In Chino, expansion works will add an
- [Increasing Water Demand Prompts Study of Seawater Desalination](https://www.texasdesal.com/increasing-water-demand-prompts-study-seawater-desalination/) - By Asher Price - American-Statesman Staff Highlighting the ongoing quest to find new sources of water in an increasingly thirsty state, the Texas Water Development Board on Tuesday announced it will lend $2 million to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to complete a feasibility study on a potential seawater desalination plant.
- [Desal Project Gets $2M State Grant](https://www.texasdesal.com/desal-project-gets-2m-state-grant/) - Marty Schladen, El Paso Times, 6:57 p.m. MDT April 1, 2016. AUSTIN — The El Paso Water Utility got a boost this week in a partnership meant to make the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant more productive.
- [Using Brackish Groundwater](https://www.texasdesal.com/using-brackish-groundwater/) - By Regina M. Buono, Katherine R. Zodrow, Pedro J.J. Álvarez and Qilin Li This issue brief describes the current state of brackish groundwater use and development in the United States.
- [Improved Desalination Technology is Quenching the World’s Thirst](https://www.texasdesal.com/improved-desalination-technology-quenching-worlds-thirst/) - By Karen Thorne, MOTHERBOARD May 5, 2016 The world is parched, we are thirsty, and there’s likely nothing we can do to make it rain. Worldwide, some 700 million people don’t have access to clean water.
- [2016 Preview: Brackish Groundwater Takes a Star Turn](https://www.texasdesal.com/2016-preview-brackish-groundwater-takes-star-turn/) - In the perpetual search for water supplies, a salty upstart will be in the spotlight.
- [Desalination and Wastewater Treatment Top Investment Forecast For Global Water Market](https://www.texasdesal.com/desalination-wastewater-treatment-top-investment-forecast-global-water-market/) - The market for water public-private partnership (PPP) projects is set to nearly triple between 2016 and 2020.
- [Carlsbad - Desalination Plant of the Year 2016](https://www.texasdesal.com/carlsbad-desalination-plant-year-2016/)
- [Biwater presented with leading industry awards at the 2016 Global Water Awards](https://www.texasdesal.com/biwater-presented-leading-industry-awards-2016-global-water-awards/) - During the Global Water Awards, Biwater were presented with Distinctions for ‘Water Company of the Year’ and ‘Wastewater Project of the Year’ by Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico.

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- [Texas Desal 2026 Annual Conference](https://www.texasdesal.com/texas-desal-2026-annual-conference/) - The Texas Desalination Association is developing the program for its Annual Conference, held in Bee Cave, Texas on September 22-24, 2026, at Sonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel, in Austin, Texas. Stay tuned as the programing committee assembles a fabulous fall program! Attendee Registration is Now Open! - REGISTER HERE Call for Presenters If you are interested in presenting,
- [The Ed Archuleta Desalter Scholarship](https://www.texasdesal.com/scholarship/) - About the Scholarship Edmund G. “Ed” Archuleta was the manager of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board from 1989 until his retirement in 2013. In 2016, the Board of Directors of the Texas Desalination Association initiated a scholarship fund in his name for students at institutions of higher learning who are engaged in
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- [Texas Desal White Paper Project](https://www.texasdesal.com/white-paper/) - A Review of Seawater Desalination Intake and Discharge Environmental Impacts and Best Practices Authored by: Tim Hogan, MS, TWB Environmental Research and Consulting, Inc.; Eric Miller, MS, Miller Marine Sciences; Professor Amy Childress, MS, PhD, University of Southern California; and Tom Pankratz, Water Desalination Report Scope of Work Various papers have been published on individual
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- [2024 Industry Events](https://www.texasdesal.com/other-events/) - Other Events of Interest to the Texas Desalination Industry Texas Groundwater Association Annual ConventionJanuary 23-26, 2024, San Marcos, TX Event Website Produced Water Society Annual SeminarFebruary 6, 2024, Houston, TX The Produced Water Society Annual Seminar is the longest-standing and most highly regarded technical conference serving the produced water management sector. Event Website Texas Water
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- [2019 Conference](https://www.texasdesal.com/2019-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. September 4-6, 2019 Sonesta Bee Cave, Austin, TX Program Texas Desal 2019 Annual Conference will focused on Desalination Now: Saying Yes to a Reliable and Affordable Water Supply.
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- [2020 Conference](https://www.texasdesal.com/2020-conference/) - Moderated by: Kyle Frazier, Executive Director, Texas Desalination Association Introducing Your NAWI Energy-Water Desalination Hub Dr. Peter Fiske, Executive Director, NAWI Session 1B: Cost Matters: Analyzing Affordable Desal from a Utility Managers' Perspective Moderated by: Paul Choules, CEO, Water Cycle LLC Presentations and Panel Discussion Presenters/Panelists: North Alamo Water Supply Corporation Steven Sanchez, General Manager,
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- [2016 Conference](https://www.texasdesal.com/past-conferences/2016-conference/) - Agenda is below — click live links to view presentations. Scroll down to view conference photos! Thursday, September 29, 2016 Welcome: Texas Desalination Association Board President, Paul Choules, Water Cycle Opening remarks: Peter Lake, Director, Texas Water Development Board Morning General Session Recap of 9/28 SAWS Bus Tour - Randy Palachek, Parson and Todd Sutton, Zachry Droughts and
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