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Nueces River Authority asks Wilson County to back Harbor Island desalination project
Summary
The Nueces River Authority asked Wilson County to adopt a resolution supporting a large-scale desalination project at Harbor Island, citing a regional shortfall it estimated at more than 50 million gallons per day and rising. Commissioners voted to support the resolution and will revisit the project as it advances.
Mister Pruske, chief operating officer of the Nueces River Authority, asked the Wilson County Commissioners Court to pass a resolution supporting the Harbor Island desalination project, saying the region faces a substantial water shortfall.
"We currently have over a 50,000,000 gallons a day deficit," Pruske told the court, and warned that under current usage the region could face a deficit of "about 200 and, 30,000,000 gallons a day" by 2030 without new supply projects. He described a plan to take seawater about eight…
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