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Council advances major groundwater purchase, construction contracts and far-field study as water emergency risk grows
Summary
Facing rainfall shortfalls and falling reservoirs, Corpus Christi City Council approved purchase and construction steps for the Evangeline groundwater project, authorized a major construction amendment to build roads, piping and pump stations, and contracted an expanded far-field model to test environmental effects of brine discharge.
Corpus Christi City Council on Tuesday moved forward on three of the city—s largest near-term water initiatives, approving both a groundwater-rights purchase and construction work intended to bring local well water into the municipal supply while also contracting a new bay-wide hydrodynamic model to measure environmental risks.
The council authorized staff to finalize the Evangeline groundwater purchase agreement and approved a construction-manager-at-risk amendment to begin building access roads, transmission mains and a temporary pump station at the Evangeline site. The council also awarded a professional services agreement to Spheros Environmental Group to expand far-field modeling of Corpus Christi Bay, with Hazen & Sawyer as a subconsultant.
Why it matters: The moves come as Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon sit at single-digit percentages of storage and the city—s drought planning tools show a narrow window before a "level one" water emergency would be projected under several dry-weather scenarios. The…
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