(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.)
Correction: A previous version of the story incorrectly stated the road where the city’s Western Well field is located. It is located off County Road 666 and Northwest Boulevard.
Corpus Christi city officials are exploring the possibility of a third groundwater well field in Nueces County — a move leaders say may be urgently needed as repercussions of the drought become increasingly dire, but one that some rural residents have labeled as evidence of dishonesty in the city of Corpus Christi’s dealings…