Austin, TX
Georgetown lifts water conservation notice
GEORGETOWN (KXAN) — The Metropolis of Georgetown says prospects can use water usually as of Tuesday morning. The Metropolis requested prospects to restrict water use Monday evening, attributable to an “challenge at our largest water therapy plant.”
Georgetown says workers repaired consumption pumps and used a regional water provide “to get our primary water therapy plant again up and operating till everlasting repairs could be made”.
A metropolis spokesperson says a hearth at a transformer at 7:35 p.m. brought on the pump station and consumption pump to cease working.
The Metropolis says it has a number of backup turbines, one thing it realized from the February 2021 winter storm, however couldn’t use them on this case. The Metropolis didn’t clarify why.
Staff have been in a position to safe a generator, however finally didn’t want it. The Metropolis is designing a everlasting generator again up on the plant. It’s a part of enhancements made after the 2021 winter storm.