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Go check out what's going down in Corpus Christi right now. Water prices are skyrocketing as the available groundwater nears total depletion. The city doesn't have a reliable alternative source of fresh water, thanks to the voracious demand of new refineries and processing plants. So all that new industry is also facing a simple math problem of needing more water inputs than is available in the region.
As a result, the city is looking at a combination cost-of-living price explosion and the threat of massive layoff waves as industrial sites are forced to shut down. CC is also where the state gets its jet fuel processed, so there's a real risk of neighboring Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio airports seeing a fuel shortage before the end of the year.
Something is going to happen. You can't just use infinity water forever, because there is not infinity water available to consume.