Port of Corpus Christi drops discharge permit for Ship Channel
The Port of Corpus Christi has dropped its application for a nearshore discharge permit tied to a proposed 50 million-gallon-per-day desalination plant. Instead, Port commissioners are focusing on a larger, 100 MGD facility on Harbor Island with plans to discharge further offshore, citing environmental concerns.
Port commissioners passed a resolution stating: "The Port Commission seeks to uphold the utmost precaution and rigor with regard to potential ecological impacts and is of the opinion that discharging effluent from a Harbor Island seawater desalination facility offshore is the most environmentally conservative approach.”