TCEQ outlines desalination permitting timelines as environmental groups press for salinity standards
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality described standard and expedited desalination permitting processes and timelines; industry urged general permits and modeling, while conservationists and coastal communities pushed for mandatory salinity-gradient standards and offshore discharges to protect bays.
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State regulators and industry witnesses told a Senate panel that desalination permitting can be streamlined but emphasized the need to protect coastal bays and estuaries.
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