ANTIOCH — In an effort to increase the city’s usable water supply, the long-awaited nearly $100-million brackish desalination plant in Antioch is expected to start operating within the next few months ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi leaders are staring down a billion-dollar decision that could make or break the city’s future water supply and residents’ wallets. On Tuesday, City Council will ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — City leaders in Corpus Christi are preparing to vote on a controversial water project that could reshape the region’s future or leave taxpayers footing a steep bill. The nearly ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi City Council authorized a Memorandum of Understanding with Corpus Christi Desal Partners today to move forward with the Inner Harbor Desalination Project, ...

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The Port of Corpus Christi intends to hand off plans for a potential desalination plant on Harbor Island to the Nueces River Authority. After 10 months of deliberation, the Port of Corpus Christi ...

In an effort to shore up the state’s future water supply, Texas lawmakers have stressed the need to secure new sources and point to desalination as a potential solution to looming shortages. But ...

The road toward making desalination an effective — sizable and sustainable — part of meeting Texas’ growing demand for water has been winding and bumpy. And so far, it hasn’t led us where we need to ...

Corpus Christi's Inner Harbor desalination plant's cost estimate has risen by nearly 60% to $1.2 billion. The city council will discuss the updated cost estimates, and further refinement of the ...

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In many areas of the world, including California, the demand for freshwater exceeds supply, and the effects of climate change are exacerbating the issue. More frequent and longer periods of drought ...