Corpus Christi is preparing for a water emergency that could come by September and city council leaders on Tuesday plan to discuss how the city could restrict water use for residents, businesses and industry.
Corpus Christi’s water customers — ranging from households to oil refineries — may be asked to reduce use by 25%, according to a presentation from the city’s water department the city council will consider in Tuesday’s workshop. The city’s current plan starts with a 5% reduction in water use during a water emergency.
City council members have to approve the final plan to curtail water use amid an ongoing drought that has caused the city’s main reservoirs — Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir — to drop to just 8% of their capacity…