Today on Texas Standard: How Corpus Christi’s Desalination Push Landed It in Hot Water

Today on Texas Standard: How Corpus Christi’s desalination push landed it in hot water

Corpus Christi set out to become drought-proof with ambitious seawater desalination plans that city leaders promoted as a path toward a reliable water supply. But despite pledges from industry, years...

Corpus Christi desalination costs soared during water crisis

What started as a novel plan to provide an unrestricted water supply to the oil and gas industry turned into a political quagmire that has consumed the city.

How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire.