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Corpus Christi’s water supply is uncertain after City Council ends water treatment plans

Years of blundering and project delays have pushed the South Texas city to the brink of crisis as drought bears down and industrial water use grows.

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News
Corpus Christi Ship Channel on April 17, 2022.

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