After reconsidering application fees, port moves forward with Harbor Island proposal – Texas, US

The port authority’s guiding commission, in a heated, hourlong special meeting Tuesday, voted 5-2 in favor of paying $62,025 in permitting fees to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, effectively kicking off the process to seek permission to intake seawater for the proposed 50 million-gallon-per-day facility.

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After reconsidering application fees, port moves forward with Harbor Island proposal – Texas, US2023-01-31T23:03:38+01:00

Isobaric energy recovery in desalination plants – Dallas, Texas, USA

The new FLEX isobaric energy recovery device (photo) is this company’s next-generation compact pressure exchanger for reverse osmosis (RO) plants. The FLEX pressure exchanger is designed to be one of the most efficient and compact energy-recovery devices on the market.

With its ability to recover more than 98% of hydraulic energy and offer the highest unit capacity available, while being notably smaller than competitor products, the FLEX pressure exchanger can substantially reduce the cost of desalination by lowering operating and capital expenditures, the company says. The FLEX offers a simple design with only four […]

Isobaric energy recovery in desalination plants – Dallas, Texas, USA2022-12-11T22:58:06+01:00

The world’s largest inland desalination plant is right here in El Paso – Texas, USA

EL PASO, Texas – The Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination plant on the east side is the world’s largest inland desalination plant. It is the largest based on how many millions of gallons of clean water it can produce on a given day- capable of cleaning a whopping 27.5 million gallons per day, the equivalent of 416 Olympic size swimming pools.

However, that number isn’t always met, as the amount of water produced is based on customer needs. For example, in June, before the start of the Monsoon, the water demand is high, and more gallons […]

The world’s largest inland desalination plant is right here in El Paso – Texas, USA2022-11-06T14:54:33+01:00

EPA may try to block what could be the first seawater desalination plant built in Texas – USA

Texas regulators issued an environmental permit Thursday for the Port of Corpus Christi to build what could become the state’s first seawater desalination plant — but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may refuse to accept it.

Citing water quality concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency may refuse to recognize a permit that Texas approved Thursday for a marine desalination plant at the Port of Corpus Christi.

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EPA may try to block what could be the first seawater desalination plant built in Texas – USA2022-12-11T23:09:51+01:00

Containerized solar water farms provide clean water, jobs for locals – Austin

More than 2 billion people globally lack access to clean drinking water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nonprofit organization GivePower is aiming to reduce that number by using the sun’s energy, shipping containers, desalination technology and local supply chains.

GivePower builds and delivers containerized solar-powered water farms that desalinate salty water.

The organization focuses on areas where “there’s an immediate and growing need for better access to safe water,” Kyle Stephan, told FreightWaves.

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Containerized solar water farms provide clean water, jobs for locals – Austin2022-12-11T23:25:59+01:00

Corpus Christi councilmen express concern for plans regarding proposed desalination plant – Texas – United States

The Port of Corpus Christi has submitted a low interest loan application with the State of Texas for its Harbor Island Desalination Plant Project. 

The cost of the project is estimated to be half a billion dollars. The Port is hoping to get its permit sometime next month to be able to have the plant built on Harbor Island. 

However, the new information did not sit well with at least two city council members. 

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Corpus Christi councilmen express concern for plans regarding proposed desalination plant – Texas – United States2022-04-20T15:05:47+02:00

Proposed desalination plant could take step forward at city council meeting – Texas

A proposed desalination plant could take another step towards becoming a reality Tuesday despite cost and environmental concerns from some Corpus Christi citizens.

The city council will consider authorizing City Manager Peter Zanoni to negotiate contracts to buy plots of land on which a plant or multiple plants would be built.

The actual purchase wouldn’t be final until a separate city council vote at a future meeting, but a city leader close to the efforts says Tuesday’s vote will be significant.

Proposed desalination plant could take step forward at city council meeting – Texas2021-12-14T14:48:32+01:00

The City of Alice made a deal for a brackish desalination plant – Texas

The City of Alice has reached an agreement with Florida-based Seven Seas Water Group   for the construction of a brackish water desalination plant to provide fresh drinking water to the residents. 

Seven Seas Water Group will finance, design, build, operate and maintain a Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis plant on land owned by the city, according to a news release that touted the public-private partnership as the first of its kind in Texas.

In July 2019, the Texas Water Development Board approved roughly $5.5 million for the project’s first phase. This includes about $4 […]

The City of Alice made a deal for a brackish desalination plant – Texas2021-09-25T14:38:44+02:00

San Antonio built a pipeline to rural Central Texas to increase its water supply. Now local landowners say their wells are running dry – Texas

When the water finally arrived, San Antonio’s leadership could relax. The roughly 150-mile long water pipeline to the northeast guaranteed the city’s economic future and freed residents from the stress of droughts.

“We have water security for decades to come,” said Robert Puente, president and CEO of the San Antonio Water System. Puente called the project, which came online in April 2020, the “biggest achievement in our lifetimes” to secure water for the city.

The pipeline helped conserve the sensitive Edwards Aquifer, upon which San Antonio has historically […]

San Antonio built a pipeline to rural Central Texas to increase its water supply. Now local landowners say their wells are running dry – Texas2021-08-03T07:37:12+02:00
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