An internal city document obtained by KRIS 6 News through a public information request shows Corpus Christi has revised its water supply targets downward and is seeking permission from the state to bypass its own water quality monitoring plan.
The March 11 document — an abbreviated water overview sent to the State Legislative Delegation by Ryan Skrobarczyk, the city’s Director of Intergovernmental Relations — was described as “a simplified version of our weekly memo that outlines the most immediate new supply projects with the state permits we are waiting on.”
The urgency behind that description is underscored by a text message also obtained by KRIS 6 News through a public information request. In it, Skrobarczyk privately wrote to State Rep. Denise Villalobos: “Rep, we need permits. And permit modifications. There isn’t anything that happens fast enough. Without those.”…