CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Nueces and Frio rivers serve as the lifeline of the Coastal Bend, feeding the reservoirs that supply water to hundreds of thousands of people.
As drought conditions persist, a 3NEWS team traveled upstream to better understand where that water begins — and how it reaches South Texas.
Chief Meteorologist Carly Smith, reporter Michael Gibson, and Chief Photographer Preston West traced the region’s watershed from the headwaters of both rivers…