cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37592302
No modern American city has ever run out of water. But chances are rising that Corpus Christi, Texas, could be the first. Absent a biblical rainfall event, its reservoirs are on track to completely dry up by next year.
That raises baffling questions for the future of Texas’ eighth-largest city and one of the nation’s major petrochemical hubs.
What does it mean? It means Corpus Christi is run by a bunch of dumbasses who can’t get their desalination plants online. They’re a coastal city and they’ve overpromised their drinking water to industrial production without any way to provide it. There’s no excuse for them to be in a water emergency other than severe mismanagement.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/03/corpus-christi-desalination-water-plans-canceled/
People tried to teach them about desalination, but it never took off as the community couldn’t spell it. An engineering team reached out to a PR firm and they are trialing “wawa-good”. Focus groups so far show some promise.
