As the Coastal Bend continues to grapple with an impending water crisis, officials in Corpus Christi are seeing glimmers of hope that new water will soon be on the way as part of the so-called Evangeline groundwater project.
On Friday, March 27, a critical shipment of piping arrived in rural San Patricio County that will soon connect a new network of groundwater wells to Corpus Christi Water, which provides water to 500,000 customers across seven counties.
“Today at the ranch will be the first delivery of piping that will be used to connect the well field — all the different pumps, all the different wells at the well field,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni said during a weekly press briefing on the city’s water woes…