CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi’s water supplies were expected to run dry by early next year. Now, recent heavy July rains are pouring into two main reservoirs, buying the city another two years to figure out the future after recent drought.
Two rivers, the Frio and the Nueces, took in mass volumes of historic rains that fell on the Kerrville and Uvalde regions last month. Those rivers flow south to the drought-stricken region of Corpus Christi.
Prior to the flood event, Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon reservoir each sat below 10% water capacity, placing the greater Corpus Christi metro of 400,000 people at risk of running out of water…