Water rights have been bartered, litigated, fought over, bought and sold and are as contentious today as ever. But with improved technologies, one option to mitigate the water problems of the future deserving consideration is desalination – producing drinking water from seawater or brackish groundwater. This report succinctly explores the opportunities and costs of desalination.
Energy & Environment
Bill Analysis: HB 1400 Introduced
Groundwater supplies over half of the water used in Texas, and over 99% of drinking water for rural Texas (TGPC, n.d.). Groundwater conservation districts cover most of the state and nearly all of the aquifers that supply groundwater. The districts, which are governed by Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code, are the state’s preferred...
April 8, 2025