Nueces River Authority’s plan to build major desal plant on Harbor Island could produce 450-million-gallons a day<\/a><\/p>\nAt the center of it all: a $2.7 million non-refundable \u201creservation fee.\u201d That\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
City Manager Peter Zanoni said he\u2019s all for moving quickly but wants to make sure taxpayers get something in return.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want action, our community wants action and every day matters,\u201d Zanoni said.<\/p>\n
The city is hoping the River Authority might credit that $2.7 million against future water bills once the plant is up and running. Possibly years down the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we pay 2.7 million and they build the plant ultimately\u2026 could the city get a credit back on our monthly take-and-pay bills over time?\u201d Zanoni asked.<\/p>\n
But Nueces River Authority Executive Director John Byrum said that decision isn\u2019t his to make.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re open to those ideas, but it\u2019s a policy decision made by our 21-member board,\u201d Byrum said.<\/p>\n
While that debate plays out, Zanoni says the city is also eyeing another option, buying the CC Polymers desalination plant outright. Instead of paying for water, Corpus Christi would own the facility and control production itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to talk to City Council and submit a letter of interest to CC Polymers to show we\u2019re serious about buying the facility,\u201d Zanoni said.<\/p>\n
Both desal projects could help guarantee Corpus Christi\u2019s water future. The CC Polymers plan would cost in the ballpark of 650 million dollars according to the city manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city\u2019s also thinking about putting down a reservation fee for water from the Harbor Island project CORPUS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}