Odessa, Texas, without drinking water as temperatures soar
– Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa improvised emergency water supplies after a water system outage left them high and dry for days amid scorching heat, even as utility crews scrambled Wednesday to restore normal service.taps in 165,000 homes and businesses lost pressure or went completely dry after a 24-inch main broke Monday afternoon. Odessa's water treatment plant was back online by about 8 a.m.
. And while the city typically sees hot weather in June, the timing of the break made dealing with this week’s heat more difficult.“I want to assure you that we're utilizing every resource at our disposal to ensure that we get this community back to the way it was before this massive line break,” City Manager Michael Marrero said in a Facebook video posted Wednesday afternoon.
"Drinking water has not been an issue,” Friday said. “We just need water to return to our daily lives and within the community.” The city, which is located about 330 miles west of Dallas, planned to distribute water to residents at Ector County Coliseum as well as deliver water to nursing homes. Water tankers were placed strategically around the city to respond to any fires, said Deputy City Manager Phillip Urrutia.
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