It’s the second time in two years Odessa has lost water. Officials expect restoration within hours but boil-water notice to remain.
City of Odessa Water Distribution employees work through the night as they attempt to repair a broken water main on June 14, 2022., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The city shut off its entire water supply Saturday at 6:50 p.m. and issued a public notice roughly two hours later. By then, many people on social media said they went the day without running water. The city said it did not announce the outage earlier because some households still had water trickling out of the faucets, albeit on very low pressure.
Joven expects similar water line breaks in the coming months because of years of neglect. Odessa’s utilities director last April warned that if the infrastructure was left unattended, the system could experience “catastrophic failures,” the Odessa AmericanCity Manager John Beckmeyer said crews discovered a leaking valve on a main line on Tuesday but decided to wait before fixing the leak to avoid shutting down the water supply during the work week.
The water line break caused disruptions throughout the county. Restaurants closed their doors due to the lack of water while others used their reserves. Residents flocked to supermarkets to purchase bottled water to make due.
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