Lake Corpus Christi, which stores 257,260 acre-feet of water, was dedicated April 26, 1958 with the construction of Wesley Seale Dam.  The Lower Nueces River Water Supply District built and owned the reservoir until the bonds were paid off in 1986 and the City of Corpus Christi assumed ownership.

Choke Canyon Reservoir stores 695,271 acre-feet of water.  The Bureau of Reclamation financed, designed and built the reservoir.  The reservoir was dedicated on June 8, 1982.   The City operates and maintains the facility.

The 101-mile long Mary Rhodes Pipeline draws water through a 64-inch pipeline from Lake Texana near Edna to supplement the water supply drawn from the City’s two reservoirs.  The pipeline, named for the former mayor who fought to build it, came online in September 1998.  In 1993, Corpus Christi entered into a contract with the Lavaca-Navidad River Authority to purchase 41,840 acre-feet of water per year.

Approximately 50% of the water delivered to homes in Corpus Christi comes from Lake Texana.

FUTURE WATER SUPPLIES

Garwood Irrigation Company

In 1999, the City concluded the purchase of 35,000 acre-feet per year of water rights in the Colorado River from the Garwood Irrigation Company.These senior water rights are now permitted for transfer and use in the City's service area.This water would be transported to Corpus Christi via a pipeline that will be constructed, at some future date, from the Colorado River, connecting into the Mary Rhodes (Lake Texana) Pipeline at Lake Texana.

Approximately 60% of the water delivered to homes in Corpus Christi comes from Lake Texana.

Current reservoir levels can be seen at  http://www.nueces-ra.org/CP/CITY/passthru/index.php