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Texas Coast Flood Watch: National Hurricane Center Warns of Life Threatening PTC 1

Potential Tropical Cyclone One is drenching the Texas and Louisiana coasts, as the National Hurricane Center warns of life-threatening flooding from a slow-moving, rain-heavy system.

International Business Times UK

Last Year, a Corpus Christi Cryptomine Guzzled over 11 Million Gallons. Now, Its Water Usage Is Being Kept Secret.

Amid its water crisis, the city declined to supply public records on the Bitcoin mine's usage, citing a state law that allows nondisclosure of an individual customer’s account.

Texas Observer

Corpus Christi’s delayed water response bubbles up to Texas governor’s race

Frustrated by a lack of progress, Gov. Greg Abbott threatened state action. Gina Hinojosa, his Democratic opponent, accused him of backing industry over people.

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Corpus Christi delays decision on nearly billion-dollar water plant despite impending crisis

The City Council rejected the treatment plant last year over cost and environmental concerns, but plans resurfaced as the city’s water woes continued.

The Texas Tribune

Corpus Christi reconsiders building a desalination plant leaders rejected last year

The almost billion-dollar plant, praised as a drought-resistant option, wouldn’t provide water until 2029. Opponents cite cost and environmental concerns.

The Texas Tribune

Recent rain gives two Corpus Christi reservoirs a much-needed boost

With one main reservoir almost at capacity, the city may be on pace to delay an emergency declaration from December to early 2027.

The Texas Tribune

With limited options, Corpus Christi focuses on delaying – not avoiding – its looming water crisis

The city is looking into emergency conservation measures as most options for additional water have been tapped or are years from completion.

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Why Corpus Christi faces a looming water shortage, and what might help

Corpus Christi, Texas, home to the nation’s largest oil export hub, and its surrounding Coastal Bend area are in a water shortage that has residents, businesses, and industry carefully monitoring their water use and worried about a growing crisis.

The Conversation

Where have all the Blue Dogs gone? Ask Vicente Gonzalez

Texas Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is part of a dwindling breed — he co-chairs the Blue Dog Coalition of moderate Democrats, which counts just 10 members in the current Congress. The ideological middle was a different place when he interned at the Capitol in the 1990s, according to Gonzalez. “Back then,…

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Rain gives Corpus Christi a small break, delaying projected water crisis by 3 months

Without additional rain, the coastal city expects to impose mandatory water restrictions around December, new data shows.

The Texas Tribune

Corpus Christi moves toward mandatory 25% cut in water use if emergency is declared

Final approval of the curtailment plan is expected at a future City Council meeting. Experts predict that, without significant rainfall, a water emergency could arrive by September.

The Texas Tribune

Inside the Texas Water Crisis Pitting Residents Against Industry

As lakes, reservoirs and groundwater wither away, some Gulf Coast residents see costly desalination plants as the last hope.

Capital & Main

In parched Texas, a state fund to boost water projects falls almost $3 billion short of demand

Ten water projects received initial approval to split $1.28 billion in state money this year, but 13 others didn’t make the cut — including one that may supply drought-stricken Corpus Christi.

The Texas Tribune

Corpus Christi to begin talks on privately built desalinization plant

A new Houston company hopes to build a $1.3 billion facility in the area and wants the city, which is on the brink of a water crisis, to commit to 30 years of purchases.

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Corpus Christi delays action on plan to cut water use by 25% if emergency is declared

A Level 1 emergency, which could arrive in September, would limit households to 5,250 gallons a month under proposed restrictions. About 30% of residential customers use more.

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Disaster declarations ripple through South Texas amid water crisis

Small towns around Corpus Christi worry where they’ll fall on the pecking order if the region’s water runs out.

The Texas Tribune

Corpus Christi leaders weigh how much to reduce customers’ water use amid growing crisis

A proposal the city council is expected to vote on next week includes requiring customers to cut their water use by 25% and imposing additional fees on water used beyond certain limits.

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As Corpus Christi scrambles to find more water, nearby cities are facing their own water woes

Like their larger neighbor, small South Texas cities are drilling new water wells amid a stubborn drought. But experts say that could deplete local aquifers.

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The Independent UK

Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis

The Texas city of Corpus Christi is facing a severe water crisis because of a prolonged drought, and it is a threat not just to residential use but also to the refineries and petrochemical plants in a major energy port

The Texas Tribune

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune name five newsroom partners for investigative initiative

Big Bend Sentinel, the Houston Chronicle, KRIS 6 News in Corpus Christi, KXAN Investigates in Austin and the Texas Observer will report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

Texas Observer

Corpus Christi Water Crisis Spurs Stampede on South Texas Aquifers

Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

Texas Observer

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn’t Exceptional. It’s Early.

When drought cycles outpace infrastructure planning, a water emergency is not a surprise—it’s a forecast.

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50 Cheapest Places To Retire by the Beach

America's cheapest city to retire by the beach isn't in Florida or California, but rather in the South. A new GOBankingRates study has identified Corpus Christi, Texas, as the cheapest U.S. beach town...

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Texas city officials warn taps about to run dry, but PETA say they have the solution

"It’s the very worst scenario that I’ve ever seen. It’s going to be an economic disaster.”

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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.

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