Blog Post
May 6, 2022
TWT is looking for a Summer 2022 Development Intern
The Development Intern will play a key role in the advancement of our corporate outreach strategy.
Blog Post
May 6, 2022
Vida Water, a new Public Benefit Corporation formed by Texas Water Trade, is recruiting.
We are recruiting the inaugural CEO of Vida Water, a new Public Benefit Corporation formed by Texas Water Trade, to close the clean water gap for Texans across the state. Vida Water will provide a subscription-based drinking water treatment service to supply safe drinking water at a price below what Texans pay for bottled water. The full Position Specification can be found here.
In the News
May 2, 2022
Nonprofit buys fresh water to keep Galveston Bay healthy
A group of nonprofits has purchased 1.6 billion gallons of water to pump into Galveston Bay ecosystems during times of drought. The nonprofit groups hope the $150,000 purchase will preserve areas sensitive to changes in salinity over the next four years.
In the News
April 25, 2022
Belding Farms and Texas Water Trade launch irrigation trial
Belding Farms, one of the largest pecan growers in Texas, and Texas Water Trade, a nonprofit water-conservation organization, have launched their first joint project in Pecos County to save irrigation water through low-evaporation sprinklers.
In the News
April 22, 2022
Texas Water Trade announces significant water purchase to protect critical bird habitat near Galveston Bay
Texas Water Trade, the Galveston Bay Foundation and The Nature Conservancy have announced agreements to purchase water to provide critical freshwater inflows into Galveston Bay.
In the News
March 31, 2022
Fort Stockton Pioneer Op-Ed: Canary in the Coal Mine
Blog Post
March 21, 2022
TWT announces RFP for 2022 Flows Fund
The Texas Flows Fund is designed to make funding available to any nonprofit advancing an environmental water project. Funds are exclusively limited to the acquisition of water, whether through temporary contract or permanent acquisition. See RFP for complete details.
Blog Post
March 21, 2022
TWT announces RFP for second cohort of Market Makers
Texas Water Trade is expanding the use of voluntary water transactions and other innovative projects to restore and protect flow in Texas river basins. Our first cohort of Market Makers started in 2020 and has achieved considerable results. TWT is excited to build on that success and continue to show that transactions can be a powerful tool for conservation. See RFP for complete details.
In the News
March 11, 2022
Groups on a mission to have Comanche Springs to flow year-round
If you've lived in West Texas long enough, you've probably heard the story of how the springs started. If you haven't, it was once the third largest spring system in the entire state of Texas. It stopped flowing over 60 years ago. Now, it flows once in a while, but there are several groups working to see if they can get it to flow again year-round.