CORPUS CHRISTI — Recent rainfall in South Texas has pushed back the projected date of emergency water restrictions in Corpus Christi by three months amid growing hope that a powerful global climate phenomenon this year could wash away the region’s historic drought.
Lake Texana, the smallest of Corpus Christi’s three reservoirs, rebounded from record lows last month when it received its first inflows in eight months. Worst-case projections in mid-April showed the lake going dry by summer. New projections show it should last at least until early next year.
“We are pleased to share the positive news,” Nicholas Winkelmann, chief operating officer of Corpus Christi Water, said last week…