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City Public Works director Carol Haddock explained that state rules from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality mean that the boil notice can’t be immediately lifted even once the system regains enough pressure to ensure the water coming to consumers can be sufficiently treated and sanitized. She said once the water pressure gets back to an acceptable level, the city has to take water samples and send them into the state.
“We have to then let them sit in the laboratory for 24 hours to make sure that no bacteria grows in them,” Haddock explained, “and once we get the all clear on those, then the state will allow us to rescind the boil water notice.” ....

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