Wastewater may be part of the solution to Corpus Christi's drought. Here's a new proposal.
Corpus Christi officials are weighing a proposal to reuse treated wastewater as part of the city’s response to ongoing drought.
Corpus Christi Folds On Its Desalination Gamble
Corpus Christi has scrapped its seawater desalination project after the price tag ballooned to $1.2 billion. Following a 13-hour council meeting, critics prevailed in arguing that the risks were too great.
Breaking News: Desal Defeated!
A majority of the Corpus Christi City Council has voted against continued funding for the Inner Harbor desalination plant, effectively ending the controversial project.
Monna Lytle: “Even if we just have two houses, it’s still a neighborhood…”
Meet Monna Lytle, a fierce community advocate working with the Hillcrest Residents Association and Chispa Texas to fight for environmental justice in Corpus Christi.
Opinion: Corpus Christi should pursue the most affordable, least risky water projects
The Sierra Club’s Jason Hale writes that the City Council should stop throwing money into the Inner Harbor and start investing responsibly in our community's water future.
Isabel Araiza: “If you don’t want it in your backyard, it shouldn’t be in anybody’s…”
Meet Isabel Araiza, one of the founders of For The Greater Good and a longtime leader of the community movement to stop the Inner Harbor desalination plan.
$50M desalination vote postponed as questions mount over cost
City Council members voted to postpone spending another $50 million on the city’s controversial Inner Harbor desalination plant following a lengthy debate over the project’s ballooning price tag.
Cost of Inner Harbor desal facility balloons to at least $1.2 billion
The City of Corpus Christi has announced that its proposed Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant would cost at least $1.2 billion.
Concern grows over ‘forever chemicals’ in water near proposed desalination plant
Recent water testing of Corpus Christi’s Inner Harbor, the site of a proposed desalination plant, revealed detectable levels of toxic PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
What do the Port and City know about PFAS in the Inner Harbor?
A coalition of local environmental and neighborhood organizations has issued a memorandum to City and Port officials warning of toxic PFAS contamination in Corpus Christi’s Inner Harbor, and raising new desalination concerns.
Applauding a Vote for Accountability
This week a majority of the Corpus Christi City Council took a vital step toward restoring public trust by passing a resolution to revoke the city manager’s unchecked authority over the controversial Inner Harbor desalination plant.
Ingleside Community Rallies to Fight “Project Yaren” Ammonia Plant
Nearly 70 people packed a recent town hall meeting to organize opposition to a new industrial “neighbor” they say would threaten their health, safety, and environment.
Jim Klein: “You don’t have to save the world alone…”
Meet Jim Klein, professor of history at Del Mar College and one of Corpus Christi’s most steadfast environmental advocates
Hillcrest History: A Neighborhood Fights for Justice
As the Port of Corpus Christi seeks to rezone residential areas adjacent to the Hillcrest neighborhood for heavy industrial use, the Current highlights Hillcrest residents’ decades-long fight for justice.