{"id":158975,"date":"2026-02-10T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158975\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:59:08","slug":"corpus-christi-buys-28m-in-groundwater-rights-for-western-well-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158975\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi buys $28M in groundwater rights for Western Well Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi City Council approved a $28 million groundwater rights purchase Monday to expand the Western Well Field and boost the city&#8217;s long-term water supply capacity.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement with ERF Real Estate, Inc. secures groundwater rights beneath approximately 2,478 acres in Nueces County. The purchase represents a significant investment in the city&#8217;s water infrastructure and future water supply needs.<\/p>\n<p>The property includes both surface and groundwater rights, according to ERF Real Estate, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The addition will enable the city to continue diversifying its water supply portfolio. This expansion represents another milestone in the city&#8217;s commitment to water security, ensuring adequate water supplies for residential, commercial, and large-volume users throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest local news updates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>, or download the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/about-us\/kris-6-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News App. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KRIS6News\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News stories and more on our YouTube page<\/a>. Subscribe today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi City Council approved a $28 million groundwater rights purchase Monday to expand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-158975","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\/158975","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=158975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}