Industrial companies participating in a voluntary fee program won’t pay surcharges — if they were implemented — during a Level 1 water emergency in Corpus Christi.
It’s a question that “has come up quite a bit” and has been reviewed by the legal department, according to Nick Winkelmann, chief operating officer of Corpus Christi Water.
The conclusion: The voluntary fee program allows for exemptions from potential surcharges in a water emergency, he said…