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When water gets sold before it exists
May 27, 2026
The Harbor Island desalination project in Texas hasn’t broken ground yet — and much of the water is already spoken for.
In this episode, Lovejit Singh explores why the selection of IDE Technologies by the Nueces River Authority may represent a broader shift in how water infrastructure is financed, contracted, and valued. As industrial demand accelerates across manufacturing, petrochemicals, hydrogen, and data infrastructure, utilities are increasingly planning around future scarcity rather than reacting to crisis.
The signal is subtle but significant: water infrastructure is starting to behave less like public utility planning — and more like strategic asset acquisition.
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