EDNA, Texas—Water shortages could hit Corpus Christi within weeks when contract terms mandate a 10 percent reduction in the city’s draw from its largest remaining reservoir, the equivalent of 7 million gallons a day, according to local officials. City leaders previously said water curtailment could begin in November.
The reduction could begin when Lake Texana, which the city of Corpus Christi shares with Formosa Plastics’ Point Comfort complex, falls below 50 percent full. Under current conditions, that will happen in April, said Patrick Brzozowski, general manager of the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, which administers the lake.
In an interview at the agency’s office Monday morning, Brzozowski said the agency’s drought plans didn’t envision that the pumps serving Corpus Christi, 100 miles to the southwest, “would be running at absolute full bore.” As the city’s two primary reservoirs approached depletion in the last year, Corpus Christi has shifted much of its water demand to Lake Texana.
