Desal Disaster

11/07/2022

New report finds that desalination is the most expensive option available to Corpus Christi. Any one plant would cost well over $1 billion in financial, environmental, and social costs.

The Port of Corpus Christi has planned multimillion-dollar efforts for desalination facilities. But there may be cheaper options, a new study claims.

08/26/2022

📣NEWS ALERT📣NEWS ALERT📣

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☠️Desalination "will hike residents’ water bills to serve a massive industry expansion, all while dumping highly concentrated brine with heavy metals into the bays and estuaries where they fish, paddle, windsurf, and swim."☠️

💩"City officials claim that desalination is for everyone and the right solution to the region’s water woes. But records show that industry is clearly driving demand."💩

‼️"While all residents who receive water from the City of Corpus Christi will see the impact of desalination on their monthly water bills, resident of Hillcrest and neighboring Washington-Coles will live next-door to the consequences."‼️

💰"They would cost well over $1 billion if scaled up to full capacity"💰

😡"Residents have had a hard time even finding out basic facts . . . A Corpus Christi Water spokeswoman declined to answer a list of emailed questions."😡

💧"[T]he bay already has high salt levels because of hot temperatures causing evaporation and the sluggish pace of water circulation"💧

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Adam Carrington, pastor of Brooks AME Worship Center, stood on a patch of grass in Hillcrest, the remnants of a once-thriving neighborhood now surrounded by oil refineries and other heavy industry. Behind him rose the stacks of a Citgo refinery. To his left, storage tanks o...

03/23/2022

If the Port wants to know our opinions, let's be sure to tell them! Say NO to this desal disaster.

Please take a few moments to complete this confidential survey intended to gather feedback from residents in communities surrounding the Port of Corpus Christi, regarding growth and development related to the port.

03/04/2022

Today we met with the EPA to deliver a letter signed by 44 community and environmental organizations calling on them to stop the permits for desalination in Corpus Christi Bay.

The meeting included representatives from For the Greater Good of the Coastal Bend TX, Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend (Corpus Christi,Tx.), Hillcrest Residents Association, Ingleside On The Bay Coastal Watch Association, CAPE: Coastal Alliance to Protect Our Environment, Chispa TX, and Texas Campaign for the Environment.

Please read and share the letter!

02/06/2022

Join us tomorrow, Monday Feb 7 at 5:30PM at the Ortiz Center for the State of the Port.

At their first public event of the year, the Port will try to spread lies about their role as a supposed environmental leader. We need to show up and set the record straight when they open the mic for comments and questions. Let's make sure they know we won't accept they damage they are doing to our community, our health, or our planet.

12/17/2021

The City's SHAM Desalination Town Hall starts in less than one hour!

Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citygov

Join the line to comment: Call (877) 229-8493, then enter code 120948 #. (Don't hang up until you've spoken)

12/16/2021

ACTION ALERT - Desalination Town Hall Thursday 7-9PM

The City of Corpus Christi is hosting a SHAM Town Hall on Desalination Thursday night at 7PM. Let's show up and demand a REAL town hall and a stop to desalination.

Agenda:
7:00PM - Introductions from City Staff
7:15PM - Public comments!
8:45PM - City Staff responds to comments
9:00PM - End

Here's how to participate:
Watch live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citygov
Sign up to comment at or shortly before 7PM by calling (877) 229-8493, then enter code 120948 #.
DON'T HANG UP! Stay on the line on your phone until you are called on to speak.

Why is this a SHAM "Town Hall"?
The City dragged its feet for almost 6 months and ignored our demands for a town hall that prioritized public participation. Now they announce a "Town Hall" close to the holidays when people are busy. They only give one week notice and don't share all the details until the day before. On top of all that, they use covid as an excuse to avoid meeting us face-to-face. They not only made participating unecessarily complicated, but also refuse to provide a Spanish interpreter.

A REAL Town Hall would give the public at least a month's notice. It would have hybrid options to participate in person and online. It would be scheduled for a time that is not traditionally one of the busiest of the year. It would have options to participate in all the languages spoken by your community! We've been dealing with covid for almost two years now, this is not rocket science!

This is clearly an attempt to avoid public participation and accountability. Mayor Guajardo, Peter Zanoni, and Water Utilities Chief Mike Murphy should be ashamed. Join us in calling for a REAL town hall in the new year and an end to desalination in Corpus Christi.