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Corpus Christi, still in need of long-term water sources, again rejects desalination plant (www.texastribune.org)
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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Corpus is screwed because they sold all their drinking water to industry on the cheap. Without desalination they will have to import drinking water from somewhere else at great expense, if anyone is going to remain living there. Even then, the industries will probably demand the desalination plant one way or the other. They’re just kicking the can down the road. It’s not like these people actually care about pollution. If they did, they wouldn’t have invited in all these companies to take their water. And they wouldn’t be floating the idea of buying desalinated water from someone else instead of just building their own plant.

https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2026-07-13/corpus-christi-tx-water-valero-subsidy-rates-industry-energy-utilities

https://apnews.com/article/corpus-christie-water-emergency-190d7c58c9d9dbf728a41881b9370939