Corpus Christi Water secured a new groundwater permit and learned it will not face immediate curtailment from one of its last major water sources — two developments that provide some relief, but do not resolve the city’s water crisis or the growing concerns of rural residents whose land and water sit in the middle of it.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) granted the city a Temporary Water Use Permit — known as a Bed and Banks Permit — on March 18, according to a memo from Corpus Christi Water Chief Operating Officer Nicholas Winkelmann to City Manager Peter Zanoni.
The permit authorizes the city to discharge groundwater from its Western and ERF Well Fields into the Nueces River. Production is expected to begin Thursday at an initial rate of 5 MGD, with output increasing as additional wells come online. All production must comply with the Western Well Field Groundwater Monitoring Plan…