CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi Water is evaluating data to determine when to declare a Level One Water Emergency and how it will enforce water curtailment.<\/p>\n
During a question and answer session following the City Council water workshop Tuesday afternoon, Nick Winkelman, chief operating officer of Corpus Christi Water, addressed the timeline for the emergency declaration.<\/p>\n
“We are currently modeling to see the, how the river is reacting with the additional flow from the western well field. Once we have a couple more weeks of data we will revise the dashboard with this new information and present a new projected date of Level 1 Water Emergency. I would say that’s going to be mid-April time frame,” Winkelmnn said.<\/p>\n
Winkelman also answered questions regarding how the city will enforce water curtailment.<\/p>\n
“The Drought Contingency Plan does say that after any violation of the Drought Contingency Plan, a person or organization, business, could be cited and after two citations that are found guilty Corpus Christi Water would be authorized to terminate water service,” Winkelman said.<\/p>\n
Winkelman added that Corpus Christi Water does not take the situation lightly and stated that every case will be looked at. He stressed that a water customer would have to be found guilty of a violation by a judge.<\/p>\n
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