Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Starbase, he pointed out, “has neither the legal authority nor operational capacity to deliver water to these residents.” Neither the county nor Commissioner Benavides has responded to multiple requests for comment about the decision. Reynolds said the county and Benavides “decided to leave everybody high and dry without water — didn’t say a word.” In addition to the non-SpaceX residents within Starbase’s footprint who were cut off, at least a half dozen others living near the city limits also were dropped from the county water service, according to Myers’ letter. “We respectfully urge the county to resume and continue water delivery to these residents, who remain within Cameron County, and who have relied on county service for decades,” he wrote. SPACEX NEWS: SpaceX is building a massive South Texas facility to help Musk colonize Mars It also says that “SpaceX has no obligation to provide resident with access to SpaceX’s water and wastewater treatment,” does not guarantee the quality or volume of water and adds that residents “shall have no legal or monetary recourse against SpaceX.” The deal would give the company the “unrestricted right to terminate (the agreement) at its sole discretion.” The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gave SpaceX permission to begin construction of its water system early last year. The water problems are the latest signs of tension between Starbase and its South Texas neighbors. Texas legislators recently passed a bill giving Starbase city officials power to close Boca Chica Beach and Texas 4 for Starship rocket testing during weekdays. The responsibility previously fell to county leaders. Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. has said he was disappointed with the change, which he described as widely unpopular. In June, a giant explosion of a Starship rocket at the company’s test facility a few miles from Starbase tied up Brownsville firefighters for hours and frightened area residents. Helen Ramirez, Brownsville city manager, emailed Starbase officials about the blast and its effects on city emergency response services. She described the incident as “one of the most logistically demanding and tactically complex incidents in recent memory,” according to an email obtained by a Rio Grande Valley media outlet.