{"id":322081,"date":"2026-06-04T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322081\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:28:07","slug":"governor-abbotts-office-slams-cc-council-for-delaying-desalination-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322081\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Abbott’s Office Slams CC Council for Delaying Desalination Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Governor Greg Abbott’s office is criticizing the Corpus Christi City Council’s decision to delay a vote on the proposed Inner Harbor desalination project until September.<\/p>\n

The council voted early Wednesday morning to table consideration of a $78.6 million contract related to the project following a meeting that lasted nearly 15 hours.<\/a> Several council members cited concerns about costs, environmental impacts and future water demand projections.<\/p>\n

In a statement to KRIS 6 News, Robert Black, chief of staff of the office of Governor Abbott, said the council failed to take action on a project he described as critical to the city’s long-term water needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment for leadership arrived, but the Council met it with a whimper and a complaint,” Black said. “For the second time in six months, the Council could have taken meaningful steps to meet the long-term water needs of their citizens. Instead, they chose to bicker, blame, and hide behind excuses and \u2018studies\u2019 rather than take action.”<\/p>\n

Black pointed to state efforts to support water infrastructure projects in the region.<\/p>\n

“Governor Abbott and the State of Texas have done their part: we have expedited funding and permits for new wells, paid for pipeline upgrades, fully permitted the Inner Harbor Plant, and provided more than $800 million in funding for water projects,” Black said.<\/p>\n

Abbott has previously signaled a willingness for the state to play a larger role in addressing Corpus Christi’s water needs. <\/a>In 2022, he told KRIS 6 News that if local leaders could not agree on a desalination plan, “the state of Texas will do it for them,” while pledging to work with the Texas Water Development Board to secure the region’s long-term water supply.<\/p>\n

The statement comes as questions remain about the future of Corpus Christi’s water supply and whether the state could take a more active role in addressing the region’s long-term water needs.<\/p>\n

“When courage and leadership were badly needed, the Corpus Christi City Council once again completely failed the citizens they represent,” Black said.<\/p>\n

The City Council is expected to revisit the Inner Harbor desalination project on Sept. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Governor Greg Abbott’s office is criticizing the Corpus Christi City Council’s decision to delay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3258,3029,155,115278,157,156,392,115279,115239,10873,5130,115280],"class_list":["post-322081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-abbott","tag-city-of-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-city-council-leaders","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-greg-abbott","tag-inner-harbor-desalination-project","tag-robert-black","tag-stephanie-molina","tag-texas-governor","tag-texas-governor-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322081","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=322081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}