CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As combined lake levels drop below 10%, leaders in Corpus Christi are weighing approximately $408 million in water supply projects they say could delay looming restrictions and stabilize the city’s long-term water future.
With a November curtailment deadline approaching, the Corpus Christi City Council voted on two proposals at Tuesday night’s meeting: a $175 million reverse osmosis plant at the City’s O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant and the roughly $195 million Evangeline Aquifer project in San Patricio County.
The O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant was approved by Council 8-1. At-large Councilwoman Carolyn Vaughn was the lone opponent…