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SAN ANGELO — The source of what contaminated the water in San Angelo's PaulAnn neighborhood and northern industrial zone may never be known, according to officials during a Tuesday city council meeting. On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Water Utilities Director Allison Strube gave what the city called "a final update" about the ongoing water crisis, in which some pockets of San Angelo haven't been able to use city water in about two months. The city issued a 'do-not-use' water advisory across San Angelo in February after multiple residents in the PaulAnn neighborhood complained of a strong chemi...

UPDATE: This story has been updated with more information released Tuesday afternoon, March 16, by city officials. SAN ANGELO — Less than a gallon's worth of chemicals spilling down the drain last month may have caused San Angelo's worst infrastructure crisis in recent memory, according to a statement by city officials Tuesday. On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Water Utilities Director Allison Strube briefed council members after a closed executive session concerning San Angelo's ongoing water woes. High levels of contaminants, which included benzene, acetone and naphthalene, were discovered d...

"With the weather deteriorating as it did, we were unable to get the samples to the lab until after we had to issue a citywide boil-water notice due to pressure loss in the entire system," Strube said. Water samples sent to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) were received the previous Wednesday and came back "clean" Strube noted, but at the time of receiving those results, San Angelo's water system "was not pressurized enough or stable enough" to lift the current water restrictions in the PaulAnn area. City officials requested a discussion with TCEQ Friday to further reduce ...