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If desalination plants become widespread, could Texas avoid having to build news dams and reservoirs to meet water needs in the future?

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If desalination plants become widespread, could Texas avoid having to build news dams and reservoirs to meet water needs in the future?

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Seawater and brackish groundwater desalination are one of many tools in the State’s long-term water supply toolbox. Whether desalination will replace, supplement, or complement other technologies will depend to a large extent on its affordability and the availability of the raw resource (brackish groundwater or seawater) close to areas of projected shortages.