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New Panel to Study Desalination

The Texas Legislature has created a panel to study water desalination as a solution to the state's prolonged drought.

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The inside of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant in El Paso on April 16, 2012.
Seen is the inside of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant on April 16, 2012. The $87 million facility produces 27.5 million gallons of water per day, making it the largest inland desalination plant in the world. In Corpus Christi, a seawater desalination plant has been proposed, which would be one of the first in the state. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune

The Texas Legislature has created a panel to study water desalination as a solution to the state's prolonged drought, according to Water Online. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst's appointments to the Joint Interim Committee to Study Water Desalination include Sen. Eddie Lucio, whose home city of Brownsville has run a brackish water desalination plant since 2003. The Port of Brownsville has also recently started a seawater desalination pilot program.

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