If an entity wishes to build a desalination plant and does not need state funding, does the TWDB have a say in whether or not it gets built?
The TWDB does not have regulatory authority. However, the TWDB’s financial assistance programs are tools to support the development of water management strategies identified in the Regional and State Water Plans rather than as a permitting process. Projects submitted for TWDB funding must demonstrate consistency with those plans. Regardless of the funding mechanism, a whole host of local, state, and federal permit requirements apply to desalination plants, and appropriate permits must be obtained by the entity seeking to build the plant before construction can begin. An overview of a permitting roadmap for seawater desalination facilities in Texas using reverse osmosis processes ( 2.63 MB) is available in TWDB Report 363.
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