“There are great opportunities for beneficial uses of treated produced water in Texas such as rangeland restoration, crop irrigation and streamflow augmentation, among others, especially in the Permian Basin,” said Doug Robison, founder and president of Natura to Midland Reporter-Telegram (MRT). “Thermal desalination processes need high-reliability clean power, and the Gen-4 molten salt reactor (MSR) technology is a prime example.”
The reactor is currently under construction and is expected to be online by 2026/27. Once the demonstrator is completed, the team will begin work on integrating systems to start desalinating water.