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Beeville briefs county on Stage 4 drought, $33.9M bond and plan for new wells and RO skids
Summary
Daniel Dorgan, interim city manager for Beeville, told Bee County commissioners the city is in Stage 4 of its drought contingency and is using a $33.9 million certificate of obligation and a $2.1 million tax note to add well capacity.
Daniel Dorgan, interim city manager for Beeville, briefed Bee County commissioners on the city's drought response and near‑term water projects. He told the court the city has declared a local emergency and is proceeding with a $33.9 million certificate of obligation and a $2.1 million tax note to pay for drilling a new well and rehabilitating two existing wells.
Dorgan gave production estimates: each rehabilitated existing well can produce roughly 750,000 gallons per day (two wells = about 1.5 million gallons per day), and a new 2,000‑foot well into the Jasper Aquifer could yield roughly 2.0 million gallons per day — about 3.5 million gallons combined, which the city says is roughly its daily average use. "We're looking at to have all this construction hopefully starting to mobilize by the end of the year here, 2025...the goal is to have water being, into our system, by February 2026," Dorgan said.
Because designing permanent RO systems can take four to six months, the city is evaluating rental reverse‑osmosis skids for temporary treatment at the three sites. City council recently approved a $3.9 million work order with Garver Engineering and selected a construction manager through Direct Select under the emergency procurement authority. Dorgan said the city is coordinating weekly with Corpus Christi water authorities and monitoring combined lake levels for Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon, which he reported are under 12 percent.
County response: Commissioners asked questions and received details on production estimates and procurement steps. No county funds were committed in this session; the city requested the court's awareness and indicated it will continue to coordinate with county emergency management and regional partners.
Provenance: Daniel Dorgan public comment beginning 00:46:52. "...we're looking at...the goal is to have water being into our system by February 2026," Dorgan said.
