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TWDB Studies on Alternative Water Management Strategies. Jorge A Arroyo P.E. (For Robert Mace) Texas Water Development Board Presenting to Texas Water Conservation Association 66 th Annual Convention Dallas -2010. 1959 –$20,000 to study scaling problems in desalination by electrodialysis
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TWDB Studies on Alternative Water Management Strategies Jorge A Arroyo P.E. (For Robert Mace) Texas Water Development Board Presenting to Texas Water Conservation Association 66th Annual Convention Dallas -2010
1959 –$20,000 to study scaling problems in desalination by electrodialysis • Research and Planning Fund • financial assistance to individuals and political Subdivisions • research and feasibility studies of practical solutions to water-related problems • $58.6 million awarded as of Sep 2009 ($43.3 million matching funds) • $28.1 million for research Texas Water Development Board To provide leadership, planning, financial assistance, information, and education for the conservation and responsible development of water for Texas
Research priorities • 2008 • Storm Water Reuse • Effect of roof material on water quality for rainwater harvesting systems • Assessment of osmotic mechanisms pairing desalination concentrate and wastewater treatment • Storm water reuse as a water management strategy • 2009 • Advancing Water Reuse in Texas • An Assessment of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Texas Regional Water Planning …all water management strategies the regional water planning group determines to be potentially feasible … Texas Administrative Code - RULE §357.5
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