Lake Corpus Christi has lost ninety percent of its water. Ghost buildings from the 1930s are surfacing from the dry lake bed while half a million people face a water emergency that state officials say could hit by May 2026. The city cancelled a billion dollar desalination plant after a decade of planning, and now emergency projects worth four hundred million dollars are racing to come online before the reservoirs go completely empty. The nation's top crude oil export port is caught in the middle of it all, and the drought is not letting up.

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1. **Texas Tribune** — "Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe"
https://www.texastribune.org/2....026/03/08/texas-corp

2. **Inside Climate News** — "After a Decade of Missteps, a Texas City Careens Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe"
https://insideclimatenews.org/....news/08032026/after-

3. **KRIS 6 News** — "Corpus Christi's water crisis: Where things stand as the city spends hundreds of millions"
https://www.kristv.com/running....-dry/corpus-christis

4. **NASA Earth Observatory** — "Reservoirs Dwindle in South Texas"
https://science.nasa.gov/earth..../earth-observatory/r

5. **Governing Magazine** — "A Texas Port City Is Racing to Avoid Running Out of Water"
https://www.governing.com/mana....gement-and-administr

6. **KEDT Public Radio** — "Lake Corpus Christi levels drop below 10 percent"
https://www.kedt.org/kedt-news..../2026-03-05/lake-cor

7. **City of Corpus Christi** — "Historic Low: Western Lake Reservoirs Reach 10% Combined Capacity"
https://www.corpuschristitx.go....v/news/posts/histori

8. **Texas Tribune** — "Corpus Christi's water supply is uncertain after City Council ends water treatment plans"
https://www.texastribune.org/2....025/09/03/corpus-chr

9. **Insurance Journal** — "Texas Water Crisis Threatens Booming Industrial Hotspot for Exxon, Koch"
https://www.insurancejournal.c....om/news/southcentral

10. **Insurance Journal** — "Water Shortages in South Texas Drive Downgrade of Corpus Christi"
https://www.insurancejournal.c....om/news/southcentral

11. **Bond Buyer** — "Moody's downgrades Corpus Christi's ratings over water woes"
https://www.bondbuyer.com/news..../water-woes-sink-cor

12. **KRIS 6 News** — "State officials warn Corpus Christi water emergency could arrive as early as May"
https://www.kristv.com/running....-dry/state-officials

13. **Newsweek** — "Texas City Could Face Water Emergency In Months"
https://www.newsweek.com/texas....-city-could-face-wat

14. **Water Data for Texas** — Lake Corpus Christi Historical Data
https://www.waterdatafortexas.....org/reservoirs/indiv

15. **Water Data for Texas** — Choke Canyon Historical Data
https://www.waterdatafortexas.....org/reservoirs/indiv

16. **KRIS 6 News** — "As reservoirs run low, this water source became a lifeline"
https://www.kristv.com/running....-dry/as-reservoirs-r

17. **Texas+Water (Texas State University)** — "80% of Texas in drought, a hot and dry February, and El Nino coming"
https://texaspluswater.wp.txst....ate.edu/2026/03/02/o

18. **KIII TV** — "Corpus Christi officials now focused on how far to allow lake levels to fall before stopping the flow of water"
https://www.kiiitv.com/article..../news/local/city-foc

19. **City of Corpus Christi** — "City of Corpus Christi Responds to Moody's Ratings Action"
https://www.corpuschristitx.go....v/news/posts/city-of

20. **Dallas Express** — "Corpus Christi Could Run Out of Water by 2027 — Evacuation Risks Warned"
https://dallasexpress.com/stat....e/corpus-christi-cou