Author: Howe Enterprise

Grayson County has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System – an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows Grayson County to telephone all or targeted areas of the County in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient. Once the situation is remedied, another call will be placed to the area signaling that the issue has been addressed and that normal activities can be resumed.

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There has been a  precautionary boil order put in place by The City of Howe until approximately early tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.  A main water line erupted sometime Monday night.  City Administrator Joe Shephard said that the line was laid in rock years ago by a contract company and is difficult to uncover.   There will be a water shortage for a least the rest of the day.

Crews will be working on the line all day today.

A main break in the water supply on the northwest side of Howe will have a portion of Howe out of water until tomorrow.  City of Howe’s David Wortham suggests that a hole in the line might have been blown when the water came back on from the FM 902 water main issue from this afternoon. Summit Hill, Pioneer Valley, Timbercreek and Marilee Court will be without water until sometime mid-morning tomorrow at the earliest.

Keep Howe Beautiful will hold a tree lighting ceremony after the Christmas Parade on Dec 13.  Children are encourage to make their own Christmas ornament and bring it to decorate the tree! (Biodegradable and Animal friendly please)

A water Main on FM 902 was ruptured today by TXDOT while completing road repairs. There is low water pressure through out all Howe neighborhoods.  A boil order was not originally placed Monday, but was issued early Tuesday morning.

Photos by Michelle Carney

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