Meanwhile, San Diego, which was in worse shape than Corpsu, is now selling water.

https://www.wvxu.org/news-from-npr/2026-06-03/why-one-of-the-cities-most-dependent-on-the-colorado-river-now-has-water-for-sale

Interesting.

I'm going to be working with one of the scientists from the Harte Research Institute that put together the study about salinity in the Inner Harbor. I've got a project related to that subject that we're working on right now.

I'd love to see that! My dream job when I retire is to beachcomb with Jace Tunnell!

What f'ing morons. So instead of pursuing the long-term proper solution they are just going to focus on half measures of which one of them is being fought in the legal arena.

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This is going to be a billion dollars on top of the other billion dollars we're spending on all three of those projects: The groundwater project, the brackish water desal project, and the wastewater reuse project," Hernandez said.

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And they are still crying about the environmental impacts. Cool. When the city fails because there is no water and everyone moves away, then you will get your pristine environment.

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What f'ing morons. So instead of pursuing the long-term proper solution they are just going to focus on half measures of which one of them is being fought in the legal arena.

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This is going to be a billion dollars on top of the other billion dollars we're spending on all three of those projects: The groundwater project, the brackish water desal project, and the wastewater reuse project," Hernandez said.

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And they are still crying about the environmental impacts. Cool. When the city fails because there is no water and everyone moves away, then you will get your pristine environment.

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I obviously recognize the sarcasm but the irony here is that it's going to become an environmental nightmare when there's no water and things begin being abandoned and left to the elements.

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YouBet said:

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What f'ing morons. So instead of pursuing the long-term proper solution they are just going to focus on half measures of which one of them is being fought in the legal arena.

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This is going to be a billion dollars on top of the other billion dollars we're spending on all three of those projects: The groundwater project, the brackish water desal project, and the wastewater reuse project," Hernandez said.

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And they are still crying about the environmental impacts. Cool. When the city fails because there is no water and everyone moves away, then you will get your pristine environment.

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I obviously recognize the sarcasm but the irony here is that it's going to become an environmental nightmare when there's no water and things begin being abandoned and left to the elements.

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Also this. It's wild watching a city potentially commit suicide in real-time.

Looks like they also approved new Level 1 critical water shortage policies as well, so they aren't going to solve the problem while simultaneously prepping the community for more restrictions.

And they voted to move forward with impeachment of mayor over completely separate issue.

All around great leadership there.

Heavy rains and possible flooding predicted in the Nueces watershed

We'll see

Super El Niño will last until February of 2027.

Last time this happened every lake in Texas filled up in 2015.

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Super El Niño will last until February of 2027.

Last time this happened every lake in Texas filled up in 2015.

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El Niño is not a guarantee of heavy rains in any given spot.

And not every lake in Texas fillled up in 2015. Some did well, but others didn't. west Texas Lakes like Spence, Ivie, Falcon, Amistad, Meredith were barely affected in 2015

El Niño doesn't affect every region equally

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Heavy rains and possible flooding predicted in the Nueces watershed

We'll see

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Need the lower Frio to flow... There are incredible groundwater demands on that entire watershed

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Captain Pablo said:

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Heavy rains and possible flooding predicted in the Nueces watershed

We'll see

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Need the lower Frio to flow... There are incredible groundwater demands on that entire watershed

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Yeah and the Frio can't support it

Too many people moving out to the Hill Country. Resources are fragile, and can't keep up

Even with the rain, the Frio isn't even close to flowing at HWY 90. It would take close to 40" to make it flow, from what I was told. In other words, catastrophic flooding.

I started watching those gauges in 2008 when I moved to S Texas. Left in 17, but still check on them...
I've seen that gauge flow once! It didn't make it to Tilden.

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Even with the rain, the Frio isn't even close to flowing at HWY 90. It would take close to 40" to make it flow, from what I was told. In other words, catastrophic flooding.

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Yeah the Frio disappears into the gravelly abyss south of Concan. Not a reliable source for Choke

Still raining. Does lake corpus fill up today?

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Still raining. Does lake corpus fill up today?

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It'll take a summer of this…

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Still raining. Does lake corpus fill up today?

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No

It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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Still raining. Does lake corpus fill up today?

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No

It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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I thought I saw a ton of rain in the upper reaches?

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It'll take a summer of this…

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As much as we need the water, I don't want it to rain ALL summer. I want to go to the beach a bunch.

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It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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I thought I saw a ton of rain in the upper reaches?

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Not enough to elevate rivers yet. Hopefully that Changes in the next several hours

Widespread rains just now moving into the main watershed

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No

It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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It is raining a ton in that area right this moment...

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It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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It is raining a ton in that area right this moment...

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When I said barely, I meant not enough yet to elevate rivers. Not widespread, heavy stuff was in small pockets

So Poor wording but they're not there yet, but it's moving in

It's started moving now from the north

Edit - still fairly scattered south of San Antonio but filling in

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It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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It is raining a ton in that area right this moment...

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When I said barely, I meant not enough yet to elevate rivers. Not widespread, heavy stuff was in small pockets

So Poor wording but they're not there yet, but it's moving in

It's started moving now from the north

Edit - still fairly scattered south of San Antonio but filling in

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Based off projections there's a ton of moisture moving into the area…I'm keeping my fingers crossed…

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It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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It is raining a ton in that area right this moment...

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When I said barely, I meant not enough yet to elevate rivers. Not widespread, heavy stuff was in small pockets

So Poor wording but they're not there yet, but it's moving in

It's started moving now from the north

Edit - still fairly scattered south of San Antonio but filling in

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Based off projections there's a ton of moisture moving into the area…I'm keeping my fingers crossed…

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It's picked up around Tilden and George West

Been raining between Uvalde and Eagle Pass all morning. On the edge of the watershed. For some reason the water doesn't seem to make that long journey like I think it would. Maybe this time

I'm also hopeful

Got a lot of family and friends down there

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Still raining. Does lake corpus fill up today?

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No

It's barely raining in the Nueces watershed

It will take FLOODING to fill the lake back up

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It is raining a ton in that area right this moment...

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When I said barely, I meant not enough yet to elevate rivers. Not widespread, heavy stuff was in small pockets

So Poor wording but they're not there yet, but it's moving in

It's started moving now from the north

Edit - still fairly scattered south of San Antonio but filling in

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Fair enough.

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How is the lake level at Medina Lake?
Or Lake Travis?
Is Central Texas out of "drought" or still in a state of "drought"?

Just curious and I don't know where to look it up.

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https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide

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Hondo1 said:

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How is the lake level at Medina Lake?
Or Lake Travis?
Is Central Texas out of "drought" or still in a state of "drought"?

Just curious and I don't know where to look it up.

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https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide

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That's a great graphic! Thanks for posting

Hope South Texas gets as much as we have here in Dripping Springs. Live near the start of Barton springs and first time I've seen it go over bell springs

Noticing that following two days of heavy rains those stream gages on the Nueces and Frio watersheds have hardly budged. I know it takes a good bit for water to reach rivers, but with all of the soft soils and deeply drawn aquifers, there is a lot of water that will have to soak in before meaningful water flows toward the lakes.

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How is the lake level at Medina Lake?
Or Lake Travis?
Is Central Texas out of "drought" or still in a state of "drought"?

Just curious and I don't know where to look it up.

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https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide

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That's a great graphic! Thanks for posting

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Wow, Medina Lake went up 1.1% since yesterday. That's a 25% increase.

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Noticing that following two days of heavy rains those stream gages on the Nueces and Frio watersheds have hardly budged. I know it takes a good bit for water to reach rivers, but with all of the soft soils and deeply drawn aquifers, there is a lot of water that will have to soak in before meaningful water flows toward the lakes.

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The storm is a dud for the western lakes so far. We saw this coming

Radar looked impressive but the system so far has not been what is needed to stock the western reservoirs

You need runoff and flooding, and a lot of it

In this case, individual cells were scattered, and didn't stay in one spot long enough to create sufficient runoff

Most of the rain is falling downstream of the lakes along the coast

Lake Corpus will come up some from slightly elevated tributaries. Every little bit helps I guess

We'll see what happens over the next day or so. Maybe things will change for the better

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How is the lake level at Medina Lake?
Or Lake Travis?
Is Central Texas out of "drought" or still in a state of "drought"?

Just curious and I don't know where to look it up.

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https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/statewide

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That's a great graphic! Thanks for posting

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Wow, Medina Lake went up 1.1% since yesterday. That's a 25% increase.

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Ermergerd sound the alarms!

Just checked the radar and that low is parked on top of Kingsville, and is drawing decent rains upstream of LCorpus. Maybe this will help

I think they are still relying on Lake Texana which is not in such a dry region as Lake CC and Choke. But if they want growth in CC, they'll need more water sources. Of course, CC has never set it sights on growth so I don't they care.