CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The City of Corpus Christi is receiving help from the Army Corps of Engineers to protect its equipment that helps pump in water from the lower Colorado River.
It was during a tour of the intake pumping station in Bay City that 3NEWS was exclusively invited to join Wednesday, over 130 miles from Corpus Christi, where leaders got to see how the system operates.
That vital water is pumped in through the Mary Rhodes Pipeline.
However, you might notice a pretty steep drop off from the embankment of the river.
The reason, erosion, almost 12 feet of of land gone, that started with Hurricane Harvey. Something that continues to threaten the pumping station's infrastructure.
"The Army Corps of Engineers is a partner to fund the bank stabilization. It's about a $14 million dollar project, the city has $5 million contributed to it," said City Manager Peter Zanoni.
The federal government is funding the difference in cost.
Zanoni said the project won't necessarily restore the depth or width of the embankment but will help stabilize it.
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