The Inner Harbor desalination project is not on this year’s ballot, but Corpus Christi voters will still determine its fate through who they elect to City Council.
Inner Harbor desalination has been voted down twice in the last 13 months by Corpus Christi City Council. But after the most recent vote, City Manager Peter Zanoni made clear the project is not dead.
“Tonight’s vote wasn’t a no on the project. There was a motion to approve it and it was denied,” Zanoni said on September 2.
Who Corpus Christi voters elect to city council could decide fate of Inner Harbor desalination project
Corpus Christi serves the water needs of the region, which includes 500,000 people across multiple counties and more than a dozen large-volume industrial water users. Those demands have created a water shortage and a need for a long-term sustainable source of water…