Houston officials lifted a boil water order early Tuesday that had impacted as many as 2.2 million customers, closing schools and businesses and delaying elective surgeries after a weekend power outage at a city water purification plant.
After state regulators tested and analyzed water from 29 sites overnight, city officials announced shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday that“Customers no longer need to boil water before drinking, cooking, and making ice. Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has confirmed that tap water meets all regulatory standards,” the city said in a statement.
Turner had said the city issued the boil water order late Sunday after pressure dropped below state-required levels that morning at a city water purification plant because of a failed transformer and backup transformer. The mayor said he would consult with Department of Homeland Security officials about how the city alerted residents to the problem. He said the water filtration site had received regular maintenance, but promised that an outside team would also conduct a diagnostic review of the transformers.
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