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City of Frederick without water, donations available City of Frederick without water, donations available By Will Hutchison | February 19, 2021 at 5:34 PM CST - Updated February 19 at 5:45 PM FREDERICK, Okla. (TNN) - The town of Frederick is without water Friday after complications from a busted pipe earlier this week. Frederick Fire Chief James Heap said the town’s main water line burst earlier this week, but this current problem actually came about once that was fixed. “Once the water was on its way back to Frederick there was a rupture in the pump house. It flooded the pump hous...

Updated February 18 at 5:25 p.m. In the wake of this week’s damage to the state's water infrastructure, Oklahoma could soon face mandatory boil orders. Environment officials anticipate the damage and response will continue for weeks. The Department of Environmental Quality issued a release on Thursday, warning that precautionary boil advisories could increase in coming days, and that mandatory boil orders are possible. The release advised Oklahomans with extremely low water pressure or total water loss to notify their water service provider as quickly as possible and follow these recommenda...

Power returns for many in Texas, but water crisis escalates as storm damage spreads Arelis R. Hernandez, Ken Hoffman, Abigail Hauslohner and Griff Witte, The Washington Post Feb. 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8A combination of snow and ice blankets a mostly empty downtown Cleveland, Mississippi, on Feb. 16.Photo for The Washington Post by Rory DoyleShow MoreShow Less 2of8Karen Ramge, of Myersville, Md., takes her yellow lab Remington, left, and black lab Ellie, out to her yard during a snowstorm on Febr. 18, 2021.Washington Post photo by Ricky CariotiShow MoreShow Less 3of8 ...

Updated February 18 at 12:44 p.m. Oklahoma City has been struggling to meet its water demand, and that will likely continue after the snow melts and temperatures rise above freezing. Like power infrastructure across the state, Oklahoma City’s water infrastructure was stressed to the breaking point this week. The cold created a surge in demand. Dripping faucets drove water use up by 100 percent, according to city utilities director Chris Browning. Additionally, the weather taxed the city’s ability to provide water. Power outages left facilities in the dark, and it was so cold that diesel f...

Updated February 17 at 10:11 a.m. Cities across Oklahoma are dealing with water line breaks amid record cold temperatures and power outages. On Wednesday