The Nueces River Authority applied for state funding to cover some design costs for a desalination plant but was not chosen.

The surprise move came after Gov. Greg Abbott blasted local leaders for backing out of a plan to build a desalination plant ...

As droughts worsen and freshwater grows scarce, desalination is expanding rapidly. More than 20,000 plants now convert seawater to drinking water worldwide.

The RGV Desal project is a plan to build a massive seawater desalination plant on South Padre Island that will be capable of ...

"We're trying to present this menu of options," a county representative said.

Using zero liquid discharge to increase water recovery from desalination is an emerging method to combat water scarcity, but has its own drawbacks. Climate change is making water scarcer. A promising ...

City leaders are considering a desalination facility at the Barney Davis Power Plant that could produce up to 100 million ...

NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- As more communities impose water use restrictions because of the drought, the California Coastal Commission is likely to vote on a controversial proposal later this year that ...

Desalination facilities have critics who claim it's too expensive and environmentally destructive, but there are supporters who want to make existing reverse osmosis technology better and many new ...