Overview
- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ordered the City of Willis to notify customers to boil water after an eight-inch water main broke and disrupted the public water system.
- City crews repaired the break and restored service overnight, but the boil-water advisory remains until lab results clear the system.
- Montgomery County officials and the county Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management are supplying bottled water and setting up a resident distribution point.
- Willis Independent School District campuses affected are open with bottled water and hand sanitizer available and students asked to bring personal water bottles if possible.
- TCEQ protocol requires water sampling and laboratory analysis before rescinding advisories so residents should use boiled or bottled water for drinking, cooking, and brushing teeth until officials post an all-clear on the city and mayor's Facebook pages.