Lake levels for Corpus Christi drop at 'concerning rate'

As of Tuesday, combined storage levels of Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir levels drop to 12 percent. Water restrictions remain at stage 3.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi reported a drop from last week’s 12.3 percent to 12 percent in combined storage levels in lakes as of Tuesday morning.

Stage 3 water restrictions remain in place. The following remains in place:

-No lawn watering allowed.

-Foundation watering by drip irrigation, handheld hose, or small bucket is allowed every other week on your designated watering day.

-Hand watering of trees, vegetable gardens, garden beds, shrubs, and potted plants is allowed any day with a handheld hose, bucket, or small watering can (before 10 a.m. and after 6 p.m.)

-Swimming pools can be maintained, but must have covers when not in use.

-Home car washing is limited to bucket (five gallons) washing on the designated watering day.

For more information on drought status stage 3, click here.

According to a drought contingency plan established in 2019 in Nueces County, stage 4 triggers emergency water shortage conditions, based on:

a. A significant water line breaks, or a pump or system failure occurs, which causes unprecedented loss of capability to provide water service; or

b. Water production or distribution system limitations; or

c. Natural or artificial contamination of the water supply occurs.

Corpus Christi city leaders met with the Nueces River Authority to discuss desalination and money on Monday.

At the center of it all: a $2.7 million non-refundable “reservation fee.” That’s what the River Authority wants from the city to lock in up to 50 million gallons a day from a future desalination plant on Harbor Island.

Desal projects could help guarantee Corpus Christi’s water future.

Lake levels for Corpus Christi drop at ‘concerning rate’

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