Wudi@feddit.uk to Texas@lemmy.world · 3 days agoRain gives Corpus Christi a small break, delaying projected water crisis by 3 monthswww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkRain gives Corpus Christi a small break, delaying projected water crisis by 3 monthswww.texastribune.orgWudi@feddit.uk to Texas@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThe fact they aren’t already on restrictions is crazy. You get into a do or die situation and that’s when you start cutting back?
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThey got themselves into this mess in the first place by selling all their drinking water to industrial customers. Then they shelved their plans for desalination plants. Nothing is going to change in three months. https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/corpus-christi/pressure-arrests-corpus-christi-council-reject-1-2-billion-inner-harbor-desalination-project https://apnews.com/article/corpus-christie-water-emergency-190d7c58c9d9dbf728a41881b9370939
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoNice. Shelve plans to make your own plant then pay a premium for water from a private company.
The fact they aren’t already on restrictions is crazy. You get into a do or die situation and that’s when you start cutting back?
They got themselves into this mess in the first place by selling all their drinking water to industrial customers. Then they shelved their plans for desalination plants. Nothing is going to change in three months.
https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/corpus-christi/pressure-arrests-corpus-christi-council-reject-1-2-billion-inner-harbor-desalination-project
https://apnews.com/article/corpus-christie-water-emergency-190d7c58c9d9dbf728a41881b9370939
Nice. Shelve plans to make your own plant then pay a premium for water from a private company.