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A house next to a refinery in the Hillcrest neighborhood in Corpus Christi on Feb. 7, 2022. MICHAEL GONZALEZ/ THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Corpus Christi’s refineries look for alternate water supplies amid crisis

Companies that own refineries in Corpus Christi say they are working to secure alternative water sources to maintain operations and prevent a shortage of gasoline and jet fuel in Texas and beyond as the city scrambles to delay or avoid a rapidly-escalating water crisis.The city earlier this week said it could enter a water emergency in as soon as two months; at that point the city would have roughly six months before supply could no longer meet demand.With gasoline prices rising amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, water limitations in the Coastal Bend — a growing fuel and chemical hub ...

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