A water emergency for Corpus Christi may arrive sooner than city officials had initially forecast — and groundwater projects hoped to provide a safety net remain a question amid ongoing pushback.
November had been the month projected that the city may enter a water emergency, meaning there would be 180 days before total water supply would fall short of meeting demand. But that could depend on variables such as timelines of when new water supply projects will be in operation and the possibility the city could be curtailed by 10% of water contracted through Lake Texana.
Officials have up until now relied upon one model identifying one month for potentially calling a water emergency, said City Manager Peter Zanoni…