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Nueces River Authority outlines offshore desalination plan and offers Aransas Pass a 30-day reservation window
Summary
At a city council meeting, Travis Pruska of the Nueces River Authority detailed a Harbor Island desalination plant and regional pipeline meant to address a projected South Texas water deficit; he described intake/discharge plans, a 2029 plant target, pricing estimates and nonrefundable reservation contracts with a 30‑day decision window for Aransas Pass.
Travis Pruska, chief operations officer for the Nueces River Authority, told the Aransas Pass City Council that the authority plans to build a large-scale offshore desalination plant on Harbor Island and a regional pipeline to serve dozens of South Texas communities.
Pruska said the project stems from a regional shortage identified in state water planning: the authority estimates a roughly 270,000,000‑gallon‑per‑day deficit by 2030 and a larger shortfall by 2070. Phase 1 is planned at 100 million gallons per day (MGD) with potential expansion to 500 MGD long term. The authority aims to have the plant operating by 2029 and the pipeline completed by about 2032.
The proposed facility would use modern reverse‑osmosis technology. Pruska described a 12‑foot‑diameter intake approximately 1.3 miles offshore at roughly 35 feet depth and a…
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