(Credit: Williamson County)
Williamson County Emergency Management in coordination with the City of Austin have made arrangements to provide extra water for those with special needs, who are unable to boil water, or need bottled water for work. A distribution site has been established at:
- Kelly Reeves Athletics Complex, 10211 W Parmer Ln, Austin, Texas 78717
The distribution site is now open and will be open until 7 p.m. tonight. It will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, excluding Friday, which will run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. due to a previously scheduled district football game. To receive bottled water, customers will be asked for their zip code and the total number of people in the household, where they will receive one gallon per person.
Traffic will need to enter the stadium parking lot from the south-bound lane of Parmer and turn right into the stadium, where residents will be directed on where to pick up their water. Residents traveling in the north-bound lane on Parmer from SH 45 will not be able to turn left into the stadium at Cassandra Drive and will need to travel past the stadium to Avery Ranch Blvd. and turn around to travel south and turn right into entrance of the stadium.
As a preemptive measure, Austin Water issued a self-imposed, city-wide boil water notice on the morning of Monday, October 22, advising customers to boil water before use. On Tuesday, October 23, Austin Water experienced a brief spike in turbidity levels which triggered an official mandatory boil water notification, as required by state law, and has notified its customers. The spike in turbidity does not require any change to precautionary measures already in place and does not put the public at additional risk. Approximately 80,000 Williamson County residents receive their water from Austin Water, either directly or through the indirect purchase, with an example being purchased through a Municipal Utility District (MUD). Other water sources in Williamson County, including water from other cities, are not under the boil water notice. City of Austin officals are also advising customers conserve their water usage, as the water reservoir levels are reaching minimal levels.
