Please tell me they're not. I can shut my own water off if I need to thank you.
Broncos said:
Who sent that?
This could be something at specific properties if it's a leasing agent saying this.AgTrip said:Broncos said:
Who sent that?
Friend sent me this text:
From my leasing agent-We just received notice that both the City of Bryan and College Station will start to cut off water. With this being said, please fill your bathtubs with water or any extra bucks you may have laying around. We don't know when and how long they will cut the water off. Please try to conserve as much water as possible in your home.
I was just hoping to confirm if anyone else got this or is it BS.
I also don't want to spread misinformation which is why I'm asking.
HOPEFUL MEANINGAgTrip said:
I agree Chase which is why I was asking if anyone got this notice. If it's an apartment complex, why Bryan and CS? Have seen anything on their web sites.
Do you have wellborn water or CS water? CS water is a different system from wellborn water which is why the article said that incident should not affect CS water.gunan01 said:
Wellborn water is off. Tried calling and get busy signal. This article from last night about a water main break at RP specifically states CS water should not be affected. Well something changed I guess.
https://www.kbtx.com/2021/02/17/wellborn-sud-working-on-water-line-break-at-rock-prairie-road/
waterchick said:
Hey - CS waterchick here. The water utilities are not shutting off water. What is happening here, and at water utilities across the state, is that as we've thawed *just a bit* all those pipes, water heaters, sprinkler systems, pool equipment, etc., that froze are now leaking, and demand is very high. So if people can cut off their own water immediately upon noticing a leak, that helps. If they were flowing faucets and can stop (preferably) or go to a very slow drip (if you feel like you have to), that helps. As we thaw out, more leaks will surface.
Like others said, IF there is a water line break, standard operating procedure is to shut off water to that line and isolate it to make the repair. That is when the water utility would shut water off. But we always do that.
I hope this is helpful. This conservation call isn't like the summer when we ask people to stop irrigating. Here we need people to not *flow* faucets, stop dripping unless absolutely necessary, and be very diligent in finding and reporting leaks. Dispatch number (for College Station) is 855-528-4278.
Latest info here: https://cstx.gov/news/what_s_new/winter_power_outage_information
We are on Wickson also and the pressure has been dropping for the last hour and half. It's down to a trickle now.jaTmes said:
Anyone on Wickson Water having low pressure problems? Water pressure dropped in the last hour.