The city of Corpus Christi is reversing two key positions on its Level 1 water emergency plan, backing away from statements made as recently as last week.
City Manager Peter Zanoni announced Friday that the city will ask the City Council to raise the residential water baseline from 7,000 to 8,000 gallons per month and will recommend that large-volume industrial water users be required to pay surcharges during a Level 1 emergency — even if they paid into a program that was supposed to exempt them.
Both proposals are expected to go before council for a vote Tuesday, May 13.
New Level 1 Water Emergency proposal
Baseline reversal
One week ago, Corpus Christi Water COO Nick Winkelmann told KRIS 6 News that raising the 7,000-gallon residential baseline was not an option…