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Among other changes is a new law that says homeowner associations can no longer fine Texans for not watering their grass during a drought.
Desalination is much simpler for U.S. submarines than Texas communities Desalination offers great potential for Texas but comes with significant cost and environmental challenges.
Last year, TCEQ began the process of revising its Surface Water Quality Standards, but announced in March that updated salinity standards wouldn’t be included until the next revision, scheduled ...
The USACE’s determination comes on the heels of a similar state-level permit, issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on March 13. The City received TCEQ approval for its ...
The TCEQ has approved a desalination plant permit for Corpus Christi’s Inner Harbor, promising water security but raising environmental concerns from local groups and residents.
Corpus Christi's planned desalination plant received a major boost Thursday as the TCEQ granted Corpus Christi a discharge permit. This is the project's last permit.
TCEQ approves permit for Inner Harbor Desalination Plant, environmental debate flows What is the Alien Enemies Act of 1798? The wartime law that Trump wants to invoke to speed up deportations Here ...
Politics & Policy Corpus Christi’s First Water-Desalination Plant Could Create “Dead Zones” The large-scale facility for removing salt from seawater is set to be built where experts have ...
Desalination uses a lot of energy but also produces brine, which can be twice as salty as seawater and can contain elevated levels of heavy metals.
EPA’s decision clears another pathway in city officials’ pursuit for full permitting to operate a seawater desalination plant at its selected Inner Harbor site, located off Nueces Bay Boulevard and ...
A civil rights complaint related to the city of Corpus Christi’s proposed seawater desalination plant has been administratively closed, in part because “the claim is premature,” according to ...