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Corpus Christi Projects Emergency Water Restrictions in September for Large Industrial Users and 500,000 Customers

Even hospitals are drilling wells as the region’s reservoirs reach disastrously low levels and ratings agencies downgrade the city’s outlook.

By Dylan Baddour

 A Weisinger drilling crew makes a pilot hole at the City of Corpus Christi’s eastern wellfield, one of several emergency water projects in the region, on March 31. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News
In Kerrville, Texas, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 6. Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 120 people reported dead. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour
A view of downtown Corpus Christi on the South Texas coast. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

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

By Dylan Baddour
An electrolysis platform for the production of hydrogen is under construction in Leuna, Germany. Credit: Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images

Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour

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