Removing salt and other dissolved solids from water is highly energy-intensive. About 77% of power generated in Texas comes from fossil-fueled power plants, which consume billions of gallons of water.
“Currently, fossil-fueled electricity production used to power desalination plants is very water-intensive, so we’re using water to make water,” says state Senator Jose, Rodriguez, an El Paso Democrat, who wrote and co-sponsored Senate Bill 991.
“With
