The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), together with the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has been collaborating on a Tool for Planning Temporary Water Supply Response in Drought Emergencies (the Tool). Four communities in the severe drought area of Texas volunteered to serve as case studies ...

Variable salinity desalination applications are becoming more abundant. The Expeditionary Unit Water Purifier Generation 1 was used to evaluate the practical aspects of converting a singlestage seawater system with energy recovery to a two-stage brackish water system capable of 75% water recovery. Performance is compared with various levels of sali...