{"id":77569,"date":"2025-12-05T18:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77569\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:14:06","slug":"corpus-christi-to-raise-water-rates-starting-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/77569\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi to raise water rates starting January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The City of Corpus Christi will raise water and wastewater rates starting January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said under the new plan, the average residential water bill is expected to increase by $4.78 per month, and wastewater rates will rise by $4.20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adjustments are necessary to fund ongoing infrastructure upgrades and cover increased water supply costs resulting from the Mary Rhodes Pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Full rate details are available on the city\u2019s Utility Rates and Fees webpage.<\/p>\n<p>The city acknowledges the financial impact on households and offers assistance for eligible residents through the Project One Water program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information, residents can call 3-1-1, contact the Utility Billing Office, or visit the Project One Water Utility Assistance Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/department-directory\/corpus-christi-water\/pay-your-bill-new-service\/project-one-water-utility-assistance-program\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/corpus-christi-to-raise-water-rates-january-2026\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The City of Corpus Christi will raise water and wastewater rates starting January 1,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-77569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77569","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=77569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}