CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A new $15 million desalination plant in Alice is turning brackish groundwater into clean, drinkable water and saving the city about $2 million a year in the process.
City leaders call it a game-changer.
The reverse osmosis facility is currently producing 1.5 million gallons of water per day, with a second well expected to double that output by December. Once fully operational, the system will generate 3 million gallons daily, enough to significantly reduce the city’s reliance on pumping water from Lake Corpus Christi to Lake Findley…