How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

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By By Dylan Baddour, Neena SatijaOct 12, 2026, 5:00 am107 ptsTrending
What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire. By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas…

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