Citywide water shortage closed Beeville ISD schools, Coastal Bend College campus

[TexasTowelie]

BEEVILLE — Beeville residents are facing a citywide water shortage Tuesday, and officials have issued a boil alert.

Beeville ISD Superintendent Sue Thomas said district employees are personally calling all parents to inform them schools would be closed as of 10 a.m.

Schools would be able to stay open by giving students bottled water if it was just a boil alert, she said, but the inability to flush toilets makes the situation unsanitary.

Thomas and Deputy Superintendent Erasmo Rodriguez both live outside the city limits, so they were unaware of the problem until this morning and got no advance warning from city officials.

More at http://www.caller.com/news/2013/dec/03/citywide-water-shortage-closed-beeville-isd-bend/ .

[Ilsa]

1. Citizens of Beeville got fracked up by the drillers. nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. The water boil remains in effect. The update from this afternoon.

H-E-B will have water at their store beginning at 2 p.m. today. Everyone is asked to be courteous as lines may be long.

Plans are underway to get water to nursing homes.

Residents should try to conserve water. This will make the problem resolve itself quicker.

Water pressure will remain low for at least 24 hours, officials now say.

http://mysoutex.com/view/full_story_landing_free/24164567/article-Water-shortage-continues?instance=Breaking_news_free (subscription required).