CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — I've been diving into our water crisis for a while now in my series called Water Watch, but today let's look at some of the science that's brought us to the position we're in right now and the science behind some of the decisions our local leaders will have to make soon.

Let's start off with one of the most common questions I get: How much water do we really need? How much water do we need to bring our reservoirs, Choke Canyon and Lake Corpus Christi, back up to 100% capacity? Well, as of today's numbers, we need 258 billion gallons of water to recover.

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So we've been describing that amount of water to you in different units, acre-feet, percentages, millions of gallons, gallons, etc. Let's talk abou

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