Independent analysis of Texas water markets, law, and infrastructure.
Texas Water Intelligence
Research & Data
Reports, slide decks, charts, and practical models drawn from Texas Water Intelligence research.
Groundwater
Aquifers, wells, availability, markets, valuation, and groundwater management.
Surface Water
Rivers, lakes, reservoirs, watersheds, drought, surface-water supply, and transfers.
Unconventional Water
Desalination, brackish-water treatment, recycled water, produced water, and alternative supplies.
Law & Policy
Water rights, legislation, regulation, litigation, contracts, governance, and public policy.
Infrastructure
Planning, financing, construction, operation, and resilience of treatment, storage, and conveyance systems.
Texas & The World
Water developments beyond Texas, their implications for the state, and lessons Texas offers elsewhere.
Reports, charts & models
Beta model agreement · December 12, 2025
Recycled Water For Texas Data Centers: A Model Supply Agreement
A beta model agreement exploring municipal recycled-water supply for data centers.
Analysis and cost-comparison chart · July 20, 2026
5 Critical Questions for Corpus Christi’s Desalination Future
A framework for comparing water-supply options, customers, volumes, and project fundamentals.
Slide deck · May 19, 2023
Central Texas Groundwater Market Conditions Update: Spring 2023
A dated research presentation on the Central Texas groundwater market.
Research report · March 21, 2018
Groundwater Valuation in Texas: The Comparable Transactions Method
An introduction to comparable transactions as a method for valuing groundwater assets.
Historical analysis · 2022 · July 19, 2022
Produced Water Ownership in Texas: A Legal and Practical Roadmap For Courts, Groundwater Owners, and Energy Producers
Historical ownership scholarship published before the Texas Supreme Court’s 2025 Cactus decision.
Research presentation · November 23, 2020
Energy Poverty and Water-Driven Mortality
Research linking electricity access, water services, and health, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.