Significant rain in the watershed through May and June moved the needle on the dwindling Lake Corpus Christi — from about 9% capacity three months ago to about 33.5% capacity as of June 26, according to state data.
The lake on June 19 looked virtually transformed — a sea of green grass fed by earlier rains, and water that had creeped over some of the plants that had not long ago been on dry land.
That’s good news for Corpus Christi, which had projected a water emergency as soon as September 2026. That is now projected for a full year later, September 2027…