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Council authorizes negotiations with AquaTech on CC Polymer desalination; staff outlines multiple short- and mid-term water options
Summary
Corpus Christi staff and council moved to negotiate a water-sale agreement with AquaTech to partially restart and expand the CC Polymer seawater desalination facility, while staff also reported progress on brackish groundwater wells, reuse conveyance design and other desalination tracks.
The Corpus Christi City Council on March 24 authorized staff to negotiate a water-sale agreement with AquaTech International for treated potable water from the CC Polymer desalination facility, following a presentation by AquaTech CEO D. V. Sharma.
AquaTech proposed a phased approach that would restart the existing plant and deliver an initial 9.4 million gallons per day (MGD) within about a year of a signed contract, with a possible increase to roughly 12.5–14 MGD in subsequent phases. During discussion, staff said AquaTech’s early, nonbinding price indications were approximately $7.50 per 1,000 gallons; council…
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