A boil water notice is in effect for customers of the Mathis public water system, meaning the tap water must be boiled if being used for drinking, cooking and face-washing, among other activities.
In a
Sept. 16 Facebook post, city officials wrote that low disinfectant levels measured in parts of the water system had prompted the notice, issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
No current timeline on when it may conclude was shown in the notice included in the Facebook post.
Instead, the notice stated, “public water system will notify customers that the water is safe for drinking water or human consumption purposes.”
In the meantime, workers are responding by performing “flushing and monitoring … to re-establish proper disinfectant levels as swiftly as possible,” according to the document.
Although all customers of the public water system must “boil their water prior to consumption (e.g., washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc.),” the notice identified those who are especially vulnerable as including seniors, children and those with weakened immune systems.
Water must be brought to a “rolling boil” for two minutes before it is cooled, it states, to destroy “all harmful bacteria and other microbes.”
An alternative is bottled water.
Questions can be directed to Manuel Ortiz, listed on the city’s website as street superintendent, at 361-547-5951, according to the notice.
Kirsten Crow covers city government and water news. Have a story idea? Contact her at kirsten.crow@caller.com.
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