Boil-Water Notice

Austin Water customers no longer need to boil their tap water before drinking it or cooking with it.

Areas of Northwest and Southwest Austin that are still under a boil-water notice could be in the clear Tuesday afternoon, Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros said during a news conference.

Thousands of people in Austin and Travis County still remain under a boil-water notice or are without water completely. KUT spoke with Travis County Judge Andy Brown about efforts to ship in water from around the country and distribute it to residents in need.

City and county officials distributed cases of water at 10 different locations across the county to help those who were unable to purchase or boil water.

Power has been restored for a majority of Williamson County residents, but the outages left many without safe drinking water.

While most residents in the county have their power back, many are still without water.

Residents of Austin, many without running water, scrambled Saturday to find what water they could. They relied on breweries, fire departments and community drives to make do.

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