'It's the town pulling together': Volunteers brave the cold to help Marlin get water flowing again and last updated 2021-02-18 21:07:12-05 MARLIN, TX â Folks in the town of Marlin have had it tougher than a lot of us, but it looks like they may be among the first to recover. How? Teamwork. Marlin, Texas, was hit early and hit hard by the arctic blast. Folks there got the double whammy of losing their water and power almost at the same time. They have struggled ever since. But Thursday morning, a group of volunteers showed up at the water plant to get supplies unloaded to help get the water back on.