El Paso, TEXAS (KVIA) -- A University of El Paso undergraduate student developed a new technique that converts 90% of salt, or brine, water to fresh water. Tayia Oddonetto was inspired by her ...

This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one ...

Tayia Oddonetto (right), a doctoral student at The University of Texas at El Paso, and doctoral advisor Ivonne Santiago, Ph.D., (left) work in the Center for Inland Desalination Systems laboratory.