CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Community members gathered outside Corpus Christi City Hall, on Tuesday, voicing concerns over the $1.2 billion Inner Harbor Desalination Plant and its potential environmental and community impacts.

“We deserve democracy. Democracy over our water solutions,” Armon Alex, member of Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit, said.

Jake Hernandez with the Texas Campaign for the Environment echoed those concerns.

“The desalination project is a bad deal for residents, no matter the cost,” Hernandez added.

The Inner Harbor Desalination Project had been paused in September after city leaders raised questions about funding and environmental impacts. On Tuesday, the proposal returned to the city council agenda, with City Manager Peter Zanoni presenting it as a plan that comes

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