How SA could benefit as Corpus Christi moves closer to tapping new water source
Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners voted to authorize staff to pursue a second permit needed to advance the development of a desalination facilit...

Port of Corpus Christi Commissioners voted to authorize staff to pursue a second permit needed to advance the development of a desalination facility on Harbor Island. It's a critical step for a proposed project that backers believe could have an economic impact stretching as far as San Antonio. 'As large-volume water users, our industrial partners long have expressed the need for a sustainable, drought-proof water source,' Port of Corpus Christi Commission Chairman Charles Zahn said. Those users, project backers point out, including Valero Energy Corp.