CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi is turning to water that has been trapped deep underground for hundreds of millions of years as the region struggles through worsening drought.
With lakes dropping and the water supply tightening, the City of Corpus Christi has started pumping about 4.5 million gallons of groundwater a day into the Nueces River from its newly activated western well field. The water then flows downstream to the O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant.
State officials allowed the move under emergency permits approved by Texas Governor Greg Abbott…