Corpus Christi Water Crisis

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.

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija

Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Withholds Water to Wetlands While Lifting Restrictions on Lawns

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Puts Industrial Water Charge on November Ballot

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Seeks to Block Referendum on Industrial Water Charge

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Residents and Businesses Subsidized Industrial Water Bills for Years, Officials Say

By Neena Satija, Dylan Baddour

Texas’ Refusal to Plan for Climate Change Created a Crisis in Corpus Christi

By Dylan Baddour

How a Tiny Texas River Agency Plans to Build the Largest Desalination Plant in the Country

By Arcelia Martin, Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Postpones Water Emergency to December as ‘Super El Niño’ Offers an End to Drought

By Dylan Baddour, Emily Salazar

Corpus Christi Leaders Believe Data Center Plans May Be Behind Delays to Emergency Water Supply

By Emily Salazar, Dylan Baddour

Disaster Declarations Ripple Through South Texas Amid Water Crisis

By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT and The Texas Newsroom, and Emily Salazar of KEDT

Corpus Christi Cuts Timeline to Disaster as Abbott Issues Emergency Orders

By Dylan Baddour

Water Shortage May Hit Corpus Christi Within Weeks

By Dylan Baddour

After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows

By Dylan Baddour

Corpus Christi Sold Its Water to Exxon, Gambling on Desalination. So Far, It’s Losing the Bet

By Dylan Baddour