Residents, fishing guides, environmentalists packed Tuesday’s Corpus Christi’s city council meeting to voice concerns over a groundwater desalination project that would discharge waste into Baffin Bay.
Fight to protect Baffin Bay reaches Corpus Christi City Council
The contract between the South Texas Water Authority and Seven Seas Water would discharge one million gallons of waste a day into Baffin Bay. That number could increase significantly if the City of Corpus Christi were to partner with the project.
The topic raised environmental and economic concerns among local residents.
“The only thing Baffin Bay needs from us is to leave it alone. Leave it alone,” one speaker told the council amid applause from attendees…