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Seawater Desalination Permitting in Texas

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Stefan Schuster

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Study Parameters

  • Dispersion, Diffusion, and Recirculation
  • CFD modeling
  • Physical modeling
  • Environmental condition monitoring (fish and biota)
  • Seasonal tide, current and wind impacts
  • Water Quality
  • Agency specific needs or requests

Impacts

Marine Seawater Desalination Water Right Permitting, Restoration and Mitigation Study

  • City of Corpus Christi and Port Industries Industrial Desalination Initiative
  • GBRA Integrated Water Power Project (IWPP)
  • State Water Plan (2017)
  • Region H - Freeport
  • Region L – 2 projects
  • Region M
  • Region N
  • Brackish Groundwater or Surface Water Projects (C, E, F, H, J, O, P)

Presented to the Texas Desalination Association

Texas Desal 2016 Conference, Austin, Texas

September 30, 2016

Stefan Schuster, P.G.

SWCA Texas Gulf Coast Water Resources Director

HB2031/SB1738

RESTORE Act

  • Passed in 84th Session
  • TCEQ Rules and Public Meetings
  • Texas Water Code Chapter 18
  • 3 Mile Limit
  • Bed and Banks
  • Expedited Permitting
  • GLO & TPWD Zone Study

Study Objectives

  • 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP & Transocean)
  • Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF)
  • Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
  • Resources & Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities & Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE)
  • Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
  • Economic Damages
  • Projects selected through competitive process and funded through grant agreement contracts
  • Projects must protect or restore the Texas Gulf Coast Region
  • Public Engagement
  • Consistent application review parameters for permitting needs and agreement among GLO, TPWD, TCEQ
  • Identify zones appropriate for diversion of marine seawater and discharge of waste resulting from desalination by September 1, 2020
  • TDS concentration of 20,000 mg/L
  • Impingement and Entrainment
  • Consult with GLO and TPWD prior to adoption of rules and zones

Bucket 1 Direct Funding Component

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

  • Ecosystem Restoration and Economic Development along Texas Coast
  • $57 million annually
  • April 2016: Marine Seawater Desalination Water Right Permitting, Restoration and Mitigation Study
  • Current Status: TCEQ reviewing 200 project applications asking for $3.4 Billion
  • Unfunded mandate under HB2031
  • GLO & TPWD Determine Desalination Zones
  • RESTORE Application to Initiate Study
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