Investigation: Corpus Christi’s Industrial Water Deal Drove Desalination Costs From $140 Million to $1.2 Billion
By John — Desalination News A joint investigation by Inside Climate News and The Texas Newsroom, published this week by…
Sacyr-Led Consortium Details Plan to Pipe Desalinated Water From Mexico to Arizona
By John — Desalination News Spanish construction and engineering group Sacyr is leading a feasibility study for a seawater desalination…
University of Texas Study Finds Desalination Could Help Cool Water-Hungry AI Data Centers
By John — Desalination News Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have published a study arguing that desalinating…
Record Rio Grande Drought Pushes Texas and New Mexico to Weigh Desalination as a Water-Scarcity Lifeline
By John — Desalination News The Rio Grande, the 1,900-mile river that supplies drinking water to roughly 15 million people…
Arizona Advances Second Gulf of California Desalination Study as Acciona-Fengate Alliance Eyes Mexico Water Swap
By John — Desalination News Arizona’s Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) board voted on October 5 to fund feasibility studies…
Water Scarcity and Desalination Plans Take Center Stage in Arizona’s 2026 Elections
By John — Desalination News Water scarcity — and the competing desalination plans both parties are pitching to address it…
Harbor Island Desalination Facility Clears Final Permitting, Positioning 100-Million-Gallon Texas Plant for Construction
By John — Desalination News A long-planned seawater desalination facility on Texas’ Harbor Island has cleared its last regulatory hurdle,…
Senate Committee Advances Cornyn-Padilla Bill to Reauthorize Federal Desalination Funding
By John — Desalination News The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced the Desalination Reauthorization Act by…
Galveston County Residents Set for November Hearing on EPCOR’s Contested Bayshore Desalination Plant
By John — Desalination News Residents of Galveston County will get a chance to weigh in on a proposed seawater…
Corpus Christi Rejects $78.6 Million Desalination Contract Again, Faces $235 Million Bill to Texas
By John — Desalination News Corpus Christi’s city council has voted for the second time in just over a year…
El Paso Water Backs Deal to Squeeze 2.8 Million Gallons a Day of Drinking Water Out of Desalination Brine
El Paso Water has approved an updated agreement with Upwell Critical Materials to recover drinking water and sellable minerals from…
Why the Yuma Desalting Plant Has Sat Idle for Decades, and Why Congress Wants It Running Again
Built for about $250 million and completed in 1992, the Yuma Desalting Plant has barely run. A new House bill…
Biggs Introduces $19 Billion Colorado River Bill Built Around Desalination, Faster Permits and a Yuma Plant Restart
Rep. Andy Biggs has introduced a $19 billion Colorado River Basin bill that would fund desalination, set six-month federal permitting…
Tampa Bay’s Desalination Intake Project Wins National Design-Build Award After Zero-Incident Build Inside Live Power Plant
Tampa Bay Water's $21.05 million desalination intake project — built inside a live power plant with zero safety incidents —…
Ten Years On, Carlsbad’s $1 Billion Desalination Plant Still Splits Opinion on Cost and Marine Impact
By John — Desalination News Over a decade after it opened, the Carlsbad Desalination Plant remains the largest seawater desalination…