CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Rural residents are calling on Corpus Christi city leaders to protect their wells and the river they depend on as the city moves forward with its emergency water wells along the Nueces River.

At a public meeting Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church, residents voiced concerns about the city’s new emergency wells, which are expected to supply 11 million gallons of water a day.

City Manager Peter Zanoni and Corpus Christi Water Interim Chief Operating Officer Nick Winkelmann attended the meeting to answer questions and address residents’ fears.

“We don’t want damaged wells. Please protect us,” one resident told the group, echoing the concerns of many who live along the river.

Another resident, who lives about 150 yards from the river, said he has already notic

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