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City Council authorizes MOU with desal partners and orders immediate far‑field modeling after weeks of debate
Summary
Corpus Christi City Council voted 6–3 to authorize a memorandum of understanding with Corpus Christi DeSal Partners for a six‑month, no‑cost review and asked staff to immediately begin procurement for an independent far‑field hydrodynamic study of Corpus Christi Bay, responding to months of public protest and technical questions about location, cost and environmental risk.
Councilmembers approved a memorandum of understanding on the Inner Harbor desalination proposal and an amendment requiring immediate procurement of a far‑field hydrodynamic study to assess environmental impacts.
The vote, 6–3, authorized City Manager Peter Zanoni to proceed with a six‑month evaluation by Corpus Christi DeSal Partners — a team led in presentation by Acciona and MasTec — using existing project deliverables developed under the earlier Kiewit contract to produce design options and preliminary price proposals at no initial cost to ratepayers. Council also directed staff to start a competitive procurement to select an independent modeler to study currents and brine dispersion in Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay and the ship channel.
Why it matters: the city has permits, power agreements and project data already in hand, but residents and environmental groups have pushed for…
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