As temperatures rise, city officials are concerned about levels at Lake Corpus Christi.
Lake levels aren’t just affected by the heat, a lack of rain earlier this year has added to the drought.
“We didn’t get a lot of the rain in early April, May that we had the year before,” said Ramos.
“So we started with the glass a little lower than we did in 2017.” The combined capacity of Lake Corpus Christi and the Choke Canyon Reservoir currently sits at 40.7%.
phase one of the city’s Drought Contingency Plan kicks in when the capacity goes below 40%.
According to the city’s Ramos, without the additional water sources from Lake Texana and the Colorado River via the Mary Rhodes pipeline, combined lake capacity would have gone below 40% weeks ago.
“Without those additional sources the city and citizens invested in a long time ago, we would have entered into a drought sooner,” said Ramos.
Even with that extra water, city officials plan on the drought plan kicking in soon.
“We’re still anticipating within the next 2-3 weeks going in to stage one of the Drought Contingency Plan,” said Ramos.
One reminder, is no watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.