{"id":213140,"date":"2026-03-20T17:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213140\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:08:44","slug":"tceq-officials-warn-corpus-christi-water-supply-could-run-low-by-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213140\/","title":{"rendered":"TCEQ officials warn Corpus Christi water supply could run low by May"},"content":{"rendered":"

TCEQ officials say emergency permits and groundwater access are needed as lakes fall below 10%.<\/p>\n

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi faces a critical water shortage, with reservoirs projected to run dry by May 2026, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Executive Director Kelly Keel and Deputy Executive Director Steven Schar emphasized, \u201cEmergency measures are essential to ensure residents have access to safe and reliable water.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoirs, which supply most of the city\u2019s water, have dropped below 10% capacity after five years of drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents\u2019 health and safety are our top priority,\u201d Governor Greg Abbott said. \u201cThe State will not allow regulatory barriers to delay access to water during this disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, the city requested a TCEQ permit to convey additional water down the Nueces River.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The governor has now suspended state rules limiting temporary permits, allowing Corpus Christi to access up to 29,034 acre-feet of groundwater per year from the Gulf Coast aquifer.<\/p>\n

Mayor Paulette Guajardo said, \u201cThis emergency measure ensures our community can continue to rely on safe, reliable water while we address long-term solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drought conditions in Nueces County have been included in a disaster proclamation first issued in July 2022 and renewed monthly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The emergency suspensions apply only to Corpus Christi\u2019s use of the Nueces River and are intended to provide immediate municipal water relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TCEQ officials say emergency permits and groundwater access are needed as lakes fall below 10%. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-213140","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\/213140","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=213140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}