After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe - Inside Climate News
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond. Without significant rainfall, Corpus Christi is headed for a “water […]

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Officials in Corpus Christi expect a “water emergency” within months and fully run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel supplies to Texas airports, fuel a surge in gasoline prices and trigger an “economic disaster” without precedent, former officials said.

  • MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    My takeaway from this article:

    The city manager makes $400k/year.

    If our leaders want to live an upper-class lifestyle, they need to deliver stability to the middle-class. Dude, you don’t get paid to sit on your ass. Work this shit out, water is fucking important.