Brownsville is changing its drainage fee. Businesses could pay more as the city looks to raise $6.2M a year
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SpaceX estimates it will need 2 million gallons of water per day, nearly 20 times what it purchased from the... Read more »
SpaceX is giving Brownsville $220M for water projects. In exchange, the city gave up zoning control of 444 acres near Starbase
The last-minute deal followed a raucous six-hour meeting in which police removed several people, and SpaceX declined to give commissioners... Read more »
SpaceX seeks to take zoning control over nearly 450 acres from city of Brownsville as a ‘regional’ water deal takes shape
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The Valley landed the projects. Now it has to power them — and the others that are following
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Brownsville eases drought restrictions after nearly three years as Rio Grande reservoir levels improve
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Brownsville data center debate rolled into larger zoning ban on event centers, social clubs and more
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Data center proposed inside former Walmart near Port of Brownsville
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Brownsville oil refinery could use nearly 17% of the city’s water
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