After Killing its Desalination Project, Corpus Christi Explores Buying Water from a Privately Owned Plant
The City Council rejected building a plant to turn seawater into drinkable water because of the cost and environmental concerns. Now it’s looking at water from a different plant.
Frustrated Corpus Christi Residents Take Precautions as Water Crisis Nears
The city’s water supply has been nearly depleted by a prolonged drought.
Corpus Christi Delays Looming Water Crisis with Two Key Development
The city manager said the city received permits to pump more groundwater and will avoid water reductions from a shrinking reservoir for now, pushing a potential water crisis to July.
Corpus Christi Water Emergency May be Just Two Months Away
Two out of the five projections city leaders presented Tuesday showed water shortages beginning in May. The city has yet to detail plans for how to reduce water use for residents and businesses.
Water Concerns Dominate Upcoming Corpus Christi Council Meeting
As reservoirs fall below 10% of capacity, council members are expected to provide an update on the city’s dwindling water supply and when customers might have to cut back on water use.
City of Sinton Declines Water Project Meeting, Seeks Transparency From City of Corpus Christi
The city also raised concerns about what it described as Corpus Christi’s refusal to share hydrogeological and water-quality data related to the project.
Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water Catastrophe
City officials expect to reach a “water emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic disaster without precedent, former officials say.
With Desalination Plan Abandoned, Corpus Christi Looks Underground for Water
After an industrial building boom on Corpus Christi Bay, the city is drilling wells to meet water demand, and rural Nueces County residents say their own wells are being impacted.
Historic Low: Western Lake Reservoirs Reach 10% Combined Capacity
The next critical step in the Drought Contingency Plan occurs when the entire water supply system reaches 180 days from the point at which the total water supply would no longer be sufficient to meet the total water demand.
Cruz, Cornyn Push New Legislation That Blocks U.S. Water From Going to Mexico
The bill is the latest effort from the Texas delegation that demands the U.S. get tougher with Mexico for failing to honor a 1944 treaty that in part governs Rio Grande water.
Will Texas Actually Run Out of Water?
The Texas Water Development Board projects in the state’s 2022 water plan that towns and cities could be on a path toward a severe shortage of water by 2030.