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Over a million Texans are still without drinking water. Smaller communities and apartments are facing the biggest challenges. Texas Tribune Published:  Tags:  Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Over 1.4 million Texans still faced water disruptions on Wednesday afternoon, more than a week after Texas’ winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and water services. More than 20,000 people were completely without running water Wednesday afternoon because of water main br...

More than 1.3 million people across over 200 counties in Texas still had issues with their water supply by Wednesday, but that was down sharply from recent days, a spokesman for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) said.

The situation has improved but about 20,000 Texans still face non-operational public water systems.

Brian Frick demonstrates a bucket-rigging system that the residents used to collect melting snow as it flowed through drain pipes in an apartment complex in downtown Austin on Wednesday. Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Over 1.4 million Texans still faced water disruptions on Wednesday afternoon, more than a week after Texas’ winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and water services. More than 20,000 people were completely without running wat...