City of CC Desal Plant

.The City of Corpus Christi plans to build a baywater desalination plant on La Quinta Channel in order to attract future industrial customers to the Coastal Bend region.  IOBCWA opposes the City's desalination facility on account of the devastation it would wreak on local fish and bird populations as a result of intake and discharge operations within the Channel.  The City of Corpus Christi maintains a website about the project at https://www.desal.cctexas.com/.   


 City of Corpus Christi proposes to operate the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant, a seawater desalination facility, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0005289000, to authorize the discharge of water treatment waste at a daily average flow not to exceed 34,300,000 gallons per day (gpd) for the initial phase and 51,500,000 gpd for the final phase via Outfall 001. The TCEQ received this application on January 22, 2020.

City of Corpus Christi Inner Harbor Desal Discharge TCEQ Permit WQ0005289000 (Wastewater)
The Public Meeting is to be held:
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM
American Bank Convention Center (Henry Garrett Ballroom B and C) 1901 N. Shoreline Boulevard Corpus Christi, Texas 78401

Submit a Public Comment HERE. Please be sure to reference permit number WQ0005289000.

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​APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION.
City of Corpus Christi, P.O. Box 9277, Corpus Christi, Texas 78469, which proposes to operate the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant, a seawater desalination facility, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0005289000, to authorize the discharge of water treatment waste at a daily average flow not to exceed 34,300,000 gallons per day (gpd) for the initial phase and 51,500,000 gpd for the final phase via Outfall 001. The TCEQ received this application on January 22, 2020.
The facility will be located at the intersection of Nueces Bay Boulevard and East Broadway Street, in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas 78401. The treated effluent will be discharged from Outfall 001 directly to Corpus Christi Inner Harbor in Segment No. 2484 of the Bays and Estuaries. Outfall 001 is proposed to be located in the Inner Harbor Ship channel. The designated uses for Segment No. 2484 are non-contact recreation and intermediate aquatic life use. In accordance with Title 30 Texas Administrative Code Section 307.5 and TCEQ’s Procedures to Implement the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards (June 2010), an antidegradation review of the receiving waters was performed. 
​A Tier 1 antidegradation review has preliminarily determined that existing water quality uses will not be impaired by this permit action. Numerical and narrative criteria to protect existing uses will be maintained. A Tier 2 review has preliminarily determined that no significant degradation of water quality is expected in Corpus Christi Inner Harbor, which has been identified as having intermediate aquatic life use. Existing uses will be maintained and protected. The preliminary determination can be reexamined and may be modified if new information is received.

This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application. tceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8168250f&marker=-97.418055%2C27.8075&level=12
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The TCEQ Executive Director reviewed this action for consistency with the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) goals and policies in accordance with the regulations of the
General Land Office and has determined that the action is consistent with the applicable CMP goals and policies.
The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying online at www.cctexas.com/government/city-secretary/agendas/misc.

City of Corpus Christi filed request to move forward on Desalination Water Rights Permit #WRPERM 13675 in LaQuinta Ship Channel

Past Notices

Please plan to speak up at this public meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 starting at 7pm. 
Click to Join the webinar (enter  Webinar ID 930-500-283).
Alternatively electronic comments for WRPERM 13675 are due by 11/30/21 at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ .

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