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\u201cThis is really, really good news for the community, and it gives us time to bring on our water supply projects without the stress of heading into a level one water emergency,\u201d Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told reporters.<\/p>\n
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Rainfall has once again allowed Corpus Christi, Texas, to postpone the projected onset<\/a> of a water supply emergency to September 2028, a year later than the prior timeframe, a city official announced on Monday.<\/p>\n Processing Content<\/p>\n The Texas city had been facing a Level 1 emergency \u2013 indicating the regional water system is 180 days from supply not meeting demand \u2013 this year. With June rain, the projection was moved<\/a> to September 2027.<\/p>\n City Manager Peter Zanoni said water from flooding rain that hit parts of Texas this month is working its way into Corpus Christi’s reservoirs.<\/p>\n “This is really, really good news for the community, and it gives us time to bring on our water supply projects without the stress of heading into a Level 1 water emergency,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n To stave off the crisis, Corpus Christi has $1.1 billion of groundwater, wastewater reuse, and other projects aimed at producing 66 million gallons of water daily underway. A presentation to the city council last week showed $1.08 billion of debt issuance<\/a> for the projects over the next three fiscal years.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the city council gave final approval in a 7-2 vote to water rate hikes effective Jan. 1 to support current and future debt, as well as water system operations. <\/p>\n Long-term projects being explored involve seawater desalination<\/a>, although the future of an Inner Harbor desalination plant remains uncertain after the city council postponed until September<\/a> consideration of an initial contract for the project, which carries a preliminary cost estimate of $978.77 million.<\/p>\n Last week, AXE H20 dropped plans for a privately financed seawater reverse osmosis desalination project the city had been considering as a potential supply source, saying “the emergency conditions that compelled our focused action no longer exist.”<\/p>\n The looming water crisis has weighed on the bond ratings of the city of 317,000, which have been hit with downgrades and negative outlooks since late last year. \u00a0<\/p>\n