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Nueces River Authority urges Hondo council to back Gulf desalination plan
Summary
John Byram, executive director of the Nueces River Authority, told the Hondo City Council that regional reservoirs are low and urged support for a proposed Gulf seawater desalination project, describing a public‑private financing plan and asserting ecological impacts would be minimal; council did not vote on a resolution at the meeting.
John Byram, executive director of the Nueces River Authority, told the Hondo City Council on a December 2024 agenda that prolonged drought and population growth have left regional reservoirs at very low levels and that the authority is pursuing seawater desalination as a long‑term water supply option.
"The reservoirs are at a combined capacity today of 21% of their full capacity," Byram said, framing desalination as one of the options to address an anticipated long‑term shortfall. He described the proposed plant as sited near Harbor Island and said its planned capacity is 450,000,000 gallons per day. Byram estimated the overall project could…
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