Trouble flowing downstream: Nueces River landowners clash with city over well water

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — There’s a growing fight brewing along the Nueces River and it’s all over salt.

Some residents and landowners say the city of Corpus Christi’s well project, designed to pull millions of gallons of groundwater from the area, is making the river saltier and could threaten the delicate balance of its ecosystem.

A ride up and down the river shows both the natural beauty of the Nueces and the changes some say are already happening…

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