Corpus Christi is fighting a drought and reservoirs are in decline. Combined storage at Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi has fallen below 10%.
Texas Government Insider reports the city is working with the San Antonio-owned utility, CPS Energy, to evaluate whether the Barney Davis Power Plant (shown), an 897-megawatt natural gas facility acquired by CPS Energy in 2024, could be converted into a seawater desalination plant. The coastal site already draws water from the Laguna Madre for industrial use, and its existing intake infrastructure has long made it a leading candidate for desalination.
That urgency is compounded by the region’s heavy industrial base, where petrochemical plants, refineries and port-dependent manufacturers rely on consistent water supplies to maintain operations…