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Dozens of individual residents and some of the largest corporations operating in the Corpus Christi area are disputing the recently implemented water rate increases to a state board.
In this 2022 archive photo, low water levels expose extra shoreline at Lake Corpus Christi. The combined lake capacity as of Wednesday stood at 23.4%. What happens in Stage 3 drought
The city of Corpus Christi entered Stage 2 drought Thursday morning, as lake levels dropped to their lowest since 2015. Stage 2 drought is here. This is what it means for you.
Some tap water samples were also contaminated with ammonia at levels that were 6–18 times higher than the allowed level. [17] Ammonia in drinking water is not a direct health risk, but it can compromise disinfection efficiency, cause the failure of some filters, and it causes taste and odor problems. [18]
The combined lake levels between two of the city’s primary water sources, Lake Corpus Christi and the Choke Canyon Reservoir, stood at 31% as of Tuesday – down from about 32.1% last month.
It impounds water from the Frio River shortly before the river's confluence with the Nueces River. The reservoir covers 25,670 acres (103.9 km 2 ) in Live Oak and McMullen counties, and has a capacity of more than 695,000 acre-feet (857,000,000 m 3 ) of water.
Matagorda Bay (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [2]) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) east-southeast of San Antonio, 108 miles (174 km) south-southwest of Houston, and 167 miles (269 km) south-southeast of Austin.
The water would ultimately be used, whether by the city of Corpus Christi or by the water district, she added. “Someone is going to use the water – the question is, where is the value of the ...