October 24, 2024
McALLEN — Laredo residents are free to use their water after an 11-day boil-water notice expired earlier this week. City officials announced the end of the warning and pledged to address the factors believed to have caused the city’s water …
October 16, 2024
McALLEN — Laredo entered its sixth day of a citywide water boil notice after traces of E. coli were discovered in its public water system. Now officials in this South Texas city are scrambling to repair old water pipes that …
November 29, 2022
Houston residents are safe to use and drink tap water again after the city lifted its boil-water notice early Tuesday morning for all customers. “Customers should flush their water system by running cold-water faucets for at least one minute, cleaning …
August 17, 2022
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for four southeastern Michigan counties following a water main break that led to a boil-water advisory for several communities. Whitmer issued the emergency declaration Sunday for Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. …
February 15, 2022
The director of Austin’s water department resigned Feb. 11, days after employee mistakes at a treatment plant put the city under a boil order notice for three days. Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros announced his resignation in a letter Friday, …
February 8, 2022
A boil water notice has been issued for residents in Austin after a problem at a water treatment plant, officials said. When the city issued the boil water notice the evening of Feb. 5, Mayor Steve Adler said it appeared …
June 29, 2020
Atlanta officials say they continue to advise residents in much of Atlanta and people who live in some suburbs to continue boiling their water after a weekend water main break. The city said on Sunday that that its boil water …
October 24, 2018
Nearly 900,000 people in Texas’ capital may have to boil their tap water for two weeks, an official said Tuesday, as authorities struggled to treat a water supply filled with silt, mud and debris after recent heavy rains and flooding. …
October 22, 2018
Early Monday morning, Austin Water issued a boil water notice for all of its customers due to elevated levels of silt from last week’s flooding. The water system is “the most recent infrastructure to struggle to keep up with” the …