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Temple water delivery system back to normal
Published: January 9, 2001
City officials breathed a sigh of relief Monday as the water supply in Temple returned to normal.A boil water notice for all consumed water expired at 6 p.m. Monday.The notice was issued Friday and extended past the original Sunday midnight expiration due to continued repair work on the main waterline.Interim Utilities Superintendent Randall Holly said the water supply was meeting demand."It may take us two days at this demand to get (the storage tanks) full, but we have enough water to meet demand," he said.He said most of the tanks were about 50 percent full and filling.He added that things will be completely back to normal when the tanks are full again.Assistant City Manager Sam Listi said additional repairs to the line Sunday delayed the scheduled reopening of the main line, and extended the required water boil period."We started calling restaurants, car washes, schools about the situation," he said, adding "it was a massive effort last night getting ready for today."Listi said city and school district employees worked last night to gather bottled water for Monday's school day.A Stage 5 emergency, enacted by the City Council Thursday under the city's drought contingency plan was scheduled to end at midnight Saturday, but was extended 24 hours by City Manager Mark Watson. by Anna Foster