April 7, 2026–Written by Will Ploch, Assistant Editor-in-Chief for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)–Corpus Christi is reeling from a historic drought, and it doesn’t have much water on hand: The city on Texas’ Gulf Coast has seen capacity at two of its main reservoirs drop to just 8.4%. And the political pressure is intensifying, with city council members fielding proposals for a water desalination plant less than a year after rejecting plans to build their own.
Altogether, Industrial Info is tracking more than $2.3 billion worth of proposed desalination projects in Corpus Christi and its surrounding area. As the situation worsened and the public became increasingly aware of the area’s water woes, the Corpus Christi City Council voted March 24 to open talks with Corpus Christi Polymers to acquire water from the plastic manufacturer’s desalination plant, which is under construction.
Other companies featured: Aquatech, Kiewit Corporation, FER Inspection and CPS Energy
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