Corpus Christi, still in need of long-term water sources, again rejects desalination plant

Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to criticize a similar vote last year, when he said the state may need to “micromanage” the city to protect water availability in the region.

Using water from the Bahr El-Baqar Drain in fish farms in the northeastern Nile Delta could pose a long-term threat to groundwater and irrigation canals, even if pollution is not currently detectable in groundwater samples, a new study warns. Published in Water Science, the study examined an area of about 349 square ki