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City staff update council on multiple water supply projects; timelines tied to permits, power and conveyance
Summary
City water staff briefed the City Council on Oct. 7 on multiple water supply tracks — Nueces groundwater wells (east and west), a negotiated Evangeline groundwater option, the Nueces River Authority’s Harbor Island desalination project, wastewater reuse talks, and options to evaluate CC Polymers’ desalination plant — and stressed that permits, power delivery and conveyance are the primary constraints on delivery timelines.
City water officials gave a comprehensive update Oct. 7 on the city’s portfolio of water supply projects and the technical and permitting steps needed to bring new supplies online.
Nueces groundwater project: staff reported work on two wellfields. The Eastern Well Field (city property along County Road 73) has eight drilled wells and is discharging up to 8 million gallons per day (MGD); staff sealed the lower portion of one well to improve water quality and re‑tested it. The Western Well Field is under active drilling (wells 9–12 referenced in the presentation); short‑term test results have shown lower total dissolved solids (TDS) than the eastern wells. Staff quoted a conservative long‑term sustainable pumping estimate of about 17 MGD from the western field (with potential short‑term higher yields as test data accumulate). Staff noted current expenditures for these wellfield efforts and that the city has a $30 million state grant that…
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