Austin Water s emergency use restrictions were lifted on Wednesday morning. Author: KVUE News staff Updated: 9:09 AM CST February 24, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas Travis County Judge Andy Brown had previously issued an order banning car wash services until Thursday, Feb. 25, because of low water supply throughout Travis County. Judge Brown rescinded that order on Feb. 24. The original ban came as Austin Water had issued emergency water use restrictions prohibiting outdoor water use.
On Tuesday, Austin Water said the water restrictions would be lifted on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 8 a.m.
Emergency order prohibiting car washing lifted at 8am today- thank you for holding off on washing cars until @AustinWater got sufficient water pressure pic.twitter.com/FZGOr2ZyRz Travis County Judge Andy Brown (@TravisCoJudge) February 24, 2021
Austinites trudge through the aftermath of the first of a series of winter storms that have pummeled the state since Sunday, disrupting power and water supplies for hundreds of thousands of Central Texans. (Photo by John Anderson)
By Wednesday night, most of Austin was dealing with four overlapping crises: the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the arrival of winter storms that brought the coldest weather in decades, the near collapse of the state electricity grid, and water system failures that forced a citywide boil water notice. Each of these helped make the others worse.
While COVID-19 infections have leveled off from the surges of previous weeks, area hospitals were nearly full before the storm hit. As the electric grid crisis forced nearly half of Austin into darkness and cold for three full days, residents dependent on power-driven medical equipment were forced to call 911 to be transported to hospitals. Many other Austinites required emergency medical care from
UpdatedFri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:11 am CT
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Austin Water said it has restored service to three major hospitals. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX All of Austin Water s treatment plants are once again generating water and filling the city s reservoir, a hopeful first step in restoring water service to the city, the utility provider said Friday morning.
Overnight, the city s three treatment plants produced some 86 million gallons of water, according to the utility provider. The plants typically produce 140 million gallons of water each day during the winter.
One of the city s plants went down on Wednesday amid a power outage, leading to a loss of water pressure and causing the reservoir to become dangerously low. Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros said once the reservoir is refilled, various water mains will be reopened as infrastructure is tested and repaired, he said.
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