CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — There was plenty on the table at today’s “State of Energy” forum, as energy and community leaders gathered at the Ortiz Center to talk about the future of the Coastal Bend’s energy industry.
One of the big topics today: the state’s water plan for the future.
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State Rep. Denise Villalobos shared some of what came out of the latest water planning meeting, a process that takes place every five years.
Leaders look at what’s working, what needs to change and how Texas can better prepare for future water needs.
And that conversation has taken on new urgency after the Coastal Bend’s historic drought.
Villalobos says conditions became so severe, they reached what water planners had considered a worst case scenario.
“When they were in that meeting plan they said we are not even looking at the worst case scenario because we are in worst case scenario,” Villalobos said. “Texas 2036 gave suggestions on how the State can better fund and prepare the regions in their water planning process like more money to identify, how much is your gap in raw storage supply.”
Villalobos says those issues will be front and center Monday, when the Texas House Natural Resources Committee takes a closer look at how to keep the Coastal Bend from facing another critical water shortage.
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