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  "path": "/news/07042026/corpus-christi-water-crisis-south-texas-aquifers/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T09:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "JIM WELLS COUNTY, Texas—Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for water. The nearby city of Corpus Christi faces a looming catastrophe from the imminent depletion of water supplies that sustain 500,000 people and one of Texas’s main industrial complexes. […]",
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