Huntsville residents, listen up! There's a boil water notice in effect right now. You'll need to boil all water used for drinking and cooking until the city says it's safe again.
At a glance
Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days, 4 the 60 before, 1 the 90 before that.
No direct financial impact on the city is stated, as the agreement is with a private developer for infrastructure within their project.
Residents of the Estates of Texas Grand Ranch will benefit from the new water system.
No groups are directly harmed, but everyone has to deal with the inconvenience.
Walker County commissioners this week demanded accountability from a fiber-optic contractor whose crews have repeatedly struck water lines during a countywide broadband buildout, leaving residents without water service and resulting in damage claims that have gone unpaid for months.
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