By Megan Kimble, San Antonio Express-News April 29, 2026 Months after Gov. Greg Abbott blasted local leaders for backing out of a plan to build a desalination plant on the Corpus Christi ship channel, the state declined to help finance another, larger desalination facility that could similarly ease the region’s growing water crisis.  Early this year,… >> Read More

By iHeart Radio April 29, 2026 Two guests who stayed at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. The cases, reported on Tuesday (April 28), are linked to separate stays—one in September 2025 and the other in February 2026. Both individuals have since… >> Read More

By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune April 28, 2026 The Corpus Christi City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to delay a vote on how much residents, local businesses and refineries would have to cut water if a supply crisis is triggered. Nick Winkelmann, chief operating officer of the city’s water department, presented a plan to require… >> Read More

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, Neena Satija, KUT News and Emily Salazar, KEDT – The Texas Tribune April 28, 2026 At least six small cities and towns in the Coastal Bend region of Texas issued disaster declarations in the last two weeks, begging not to be forgotten amid a spiraling water crisis. All attention lies… >> Read More

By John-Henry Perera, chron.com April 27, 2026 A substantially populated coastal Texas city finds itself in a curious predicament: It’s thirsty. Corpus Christi is dealing with the fallout of a drought that has lasted for the better part of seven years, putting local reservoirs at dangerously low levels and forcing many in the area to adapt.  Just before… >> Read More

By Ashley D’Souza and Lucie McCormick, APnews.com April 22, 2026 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — When Ann McDonald went kayaking several weeks after a 2024 rainstorm, she thought the water in the Alewife Brook just outside Boston was safe. Even though sewage discharges into the brook during heavy storms, public health officials recommended waiting just 48… >> Read More

By Anna Gitter, elpasomatters.org April 21, 2026 Across Texas, communities are facing water challenges that feel sudden and unexpected, but in reality, they are years in the making.  In Corpus Christi, prolonged drought and limited diversification of water supply sources has the community facing a potential future without enough water. In Pflugerville, infrastructure failures tied… >> Read More

By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2026 As Corpus Christi prepares for a water emergency that could come by September, the city council on Tuesday weighed a proposal to require residents, businesses and industry to reduce water use by 25%.  City council members will vote next Tuesday on the water curtailment proposal for… >> Read More