In the Texas Gulf Coast city of Corpus Christi, officials are moving forward with nearly $1 billion in water infrastructure upgrades as they face a long‑building supply shortage and new pressure after the governor’s warning this week that the state may be forced to intervene.
Projects currently under construction or in engineering include Nueces River groundwater well fields totaling 36 million gallons per day (MGD), the 24-MGD Evangeline Groundwater Project and a 16-MGD reclaimed-water initiative. Three desalination sites—Inner Harbor, Harbor Island and the Barney Davis Power Plant—have returned to planning after the collapse of a previous seawater proposal. "These projects are not 'plans' for the future; they are active construction and engineering efforts," the city said in a March 9 statement.
Texas Gov. Threatens Takeover as Corpus Christi Pushes $1B Water Infrastructure Program
In the Texas Gulf Coast city of Corpus Christi, officials are moving forward with nearly $1 billion in water infrastructure upgrades as they face a long‑building supply shortage and new pressure after the governor’s warning this week that the state may be forced to intervene.
Projects currently under construction or in engineering include Nueces River groundwater well fields totaling 36 million gallons per day (MGD), the 24-MGD Evangeline Groundwater Project and a 16-MGD reclaimed-water initiative. Three desalination sites—Inner Harbor, Harbor Island and the Barney Davis Power Plant—have returned to planning after the collapse of a previous seawater proposal. "These projects are not 'plans' for the future; they are active construction and engineering efforts," the city said in a March 9 statement.