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Corpus Christi water crisis exposed flaws in Texas water plan

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State water planners don’t use climate projections when they plan for future water supply. Experts say they should model for more extreme droughts rather than relying on historical data.

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. For more than a quarter of a century, Texas has diligently updated its state water plan every five years, a process designed to forecast water supply and demand 50 years into the future — and give communities enough warning about potential water shortages to do something about it. That warning matters because water projects can take years — sometimes decades — to plan, finance and build. For Corpus Christi and the rest of the Coastal Bend, it never came. That’s…

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