The Portland City Council is actively exploring ways to secure its own water supply, moving to potentially gain independence from the City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Water.
During an October workshop, city leaders heard stark warnings and a range of options, from desalination to new groundwater projects, to achieve what Mayor Cathy Skurow called “water independence.”
“It is now necessary for Portland to begin the process toward water independence to ensure that our residents and businesses have a reliable, sustainable water supply for the future,” Mayor Skurow stated at the October meeting. “Time is no longer on our side.”
City of Portland looking at ‘water independence’ to combat future water woes
Skurow also underscored the urgency, stressing that long-term water reliability is now a “top priority” for the council…