City wide boiling notice in Weslaco expected to last until noon Thursday - Monitor
Mayor Pro-Tem Olga Noriega took to Facebook Tuesday evening to address the issue, noting that the source of the problem was at the water plant. Please know that the water pressure should be going up between two to four hours on the north side and a bit longer on the south side. On Wednesday, City Manager Mike Perez said the boiling notice was necessary because the city’s water pressure had dropped below 20 pounds per square inch, which procedurally requires officials to notify residents to boil. “Someone should have picked it up and corrected it, but that wasn’t done,” Perez said, noting that the boiling notice will likely be in effect for 24 hours, or until noon Thursday. “Whether for drinking or cooking, you have to boil the water or use bottled water. The Mid-Valley Town Crier reported in March that Weslaco’s $38. 5 million water treatment plant overhaul, which was designed in 2011 to upgrade old lines and more than double the treatment capacity, neared completion following numerous delays. Improving the city’s water lines was expected to reduce the amount of water breaks in Weslaco, which has led to boiling notices being issued in the past, more notably in October 2013 and August 2014, when the plant was overwhelmed by increased... Perez has said in previous interviews that water line breaks will reduce in frequency within a. Source: www.themonitor.com
