As the city of Corpus Christi eyes a potential water emergency, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Del Mar College are looking into ways to reduce usage and decrease reliance on the city’s freshwater supply.
Solutions at Del Mar College range from an effort to connect the Oso Creek campus to an effluent water line with the aim of using reclaimed water for irrigation and air conditioning chillers — a project that is already in the works — to exploring the possibility of a water well at the Windward campus. This second idea has only recently emerged.
A&M-Corpus Christi has already implemented some water-saving methods, including an effluent water system for irrigating athletic fields, and it has hired an engineering consultant to assess potential groundwater supply options, according to an April 9 email sent to students.
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Efforts already completed to reduce water use include adjustments to toilets, sinks and showerheads throughout the campus and in housing units, the email said…