Citizen Comments.

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Citizen Comments. Mr. Graveley opened the floor to citizen’s comments, Aaron Price, Ingleside, said that Judge Madrid is on video at the June 24, 2025 Corpus Christi Council meeting saying that the project will freshen Baffin Bay. M. Price added that there needs to be transparency. He keeps hearing that Baffin is too salty but disagrees. It does not need fresh water. He has 50 years of data from TPWD showing that the average salinity is 39.18 ppt. He also said that the study that is being considered is only a water analysis study but does not analyze STWA Special Meeting Minutes August 19, 2025 Page 4 the effect of the discharge on the Bay. He added that deep well injection costs more than surface water disposal but it is the right thing to do for the environment. Mark Maddox, Riviera Beach, stated that he is glad the Board voted the way they did and it is the right thing to do. He stressed that dumping any type of water into the bay is not good because it is not natural, Water from sewer treatment is already going into the bay and needs to be cleaned up. He thanked the Board for voting the way they did and noted that the public will still keep an eye on it, Everyone is just trying to be a good steward. He urged the Board to continue looking for other options such as dtying lakes or other means where brine is used. 1f pipelines are considered for deep-well or off-shore it should include looking into taking sewage out of being dumped into bay and put into