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At first, Amanda Fuller thought she was one of the lucky ones. Then the water stopped running.
As Texas started dipping into single-digit temperatures overnight Sunday, power companies began instituting blackouts across the state, but Fuller’s home just outside Austin stayed warm and bright.
On Monday, though, as she was fixing a mid-morning a snack for her two children, ages 1 and 6, the water from the tap suddenly “went to a trickle within a few seconds and was gone,” she said. It turned out the freeze had caused several water mains to break as well as disrupting power to the city’s primary water treatment plant.
Water Trade CEO labels statewide failure of infrastructure after storms a ‘huge wake-up call’ 24 February 2021 - 16:18 Leslie Kaufman and Kim Chipman Larry York collects a case of water at a distribution site after winter weather caused electricity blackouts and water service disruption in Dallas, Texas on February 23 2021. Picture: REUTERS/SHELBY TAUBER At first, Amanda Fuller thought she was one of the lucky ones. Then the water stopped running.
As Texas started dipping into single-digit temperatures overnight on Sunday, power companies began instituting blackouts across the state, but Fuller’s home just outside Austin stayed warm and bright. On Monday, though, as she was fixing a midmorning snack for her two children, ages one and six, the water from the tap suddenly “went to a trickle within a few seconds and was gone”, she said. It turned out the freeze had caused several water mains to break and disrupted power to the city’s primary water t