How a Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build the Largest Desalination Plant in the Country
Key takeaways
- Republish John Byrum, executive director of the Nueces River Authority, at the Texas Water Association conference on June 18 in Horseshoe Bay.
- He believed he could succeed where others had not.
- The executive director of the Nueces River Authority (NRA)—a small, rural agency based 200 miles from the coast—decided to take up the banner, in 2024, of a desalination plant on Corpus Christi Bay.
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Republish John Byrum, executive director of the Nueces River Authority, at the Texas Water Association conference on June 18 in Horseshoe Bay. Credit: Jon Shapley/Inside Climate News Related After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth Corpus Christi Sold Its Water to Exxon, Gambling on Desalination. So Far, It’s Losing the Bet Share This Article Republish Most Popular Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges ‘We Just Want Clean Water’: Residents Sue a North Carolina County Over Landfill Contamination As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat This story was produced in partnership with the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations.
Something moved John Byrum. He believed he could succeed where others had not.
The executive director of the Nueces River Authority (NRA)—a small, rural agency based 200 miles from the coast—decided to take up the banner, in 2024, of a desalination plant on Corpus Christi Bay.