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The Day the Taps Ran Dry: How Corpus Christi Ran Out of Water
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The Day the Taps Ran Dry: How Corpus Christi Ran Out of Water

At 6:02 a.m., the faucets stopped. Across Corpus Christi—from Calallen to Flour Bluff—residents woke to the same sound: air rushing through empty pipes. This is the story of how a modern American city ran out of water.

Gil Harris

March 18, 202612 min read
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