Category: Howe News Bulletin

The boil water advisory by the City of Howe has been lifted and the water is now safe for consumption effective at 8:15 a.m. on November 27, 2014.

Notice by Mayor Jeff Stanley:

“On November 25, 2014, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
required the City of Howe, PWS ID # 0910013 to issue a Boil Water Notice (BWN) to
inform our customers that due to the presence of contaminants or an interruption in
service, water from our system must be boiled prior to consumption.

Our system has taken the necessary corrective actions to restore adequate pressure,
disinfectant levels, and/or bacteriological quality and has provided TCEQ with testing
results that indicate that the water no longer requires boiling as of 8:30am November
27, 2014.

If you have questions, contact City Hall at (903)532-5571 during normal business hours.

If a customer wishes to reach TCEQ, they may call 512-239-4691.”

 

The Boil Water Advisory remains in effect today, Wednesday, November 26.

Due to a water system outage, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required our water system at the City of Howe to notify customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption.

The Boil Water Advisory will remain in effect until further notice. City of Howe water customers should plan for and expect an update at 8:30 AM tomorrow after test results are received.

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and making ice should be boiled and cooled prior to use. The water should be brought to a vigorous, rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source.
When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, the water system officials will notify you that the water is safe for consumption. Instructions to discontinue boiling will be issued in the same manner as this notice.

If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact City Hall at 903-532-5571

NOTICE OF SALE: Landmark Bank, N.A. will sell on Friday, December 5, 2014 at 2:00
o’clock p.m., at public sale, a 1997 Carver Santego 380 Yacht Hull ID #CDRR6002E697.
The sale will be held at Big Mineral Marina, 2889 Big Mineral Road, Sadler, Texas 76264.
Dock 10, Slip #4.

You may call William Riley Nix, Attorney for Landmark Bank, N.A. at (903) 870-0212
if you have any questions regarding the sale.

Howe Mayor Jeff Stanley released a statement regarding Howe’s current water issue that has had some citizens without water for nearly 24 hours.

“Due to a recent water main leak, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has required our water system, City of Howe to notify customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption.

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and making ice should be boiled and cooled prior to use. The water should be brought to a vigorous, rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source.

When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, the water system officials will notify you that the water is safe for consumption.  Instructions to discontinue boiling will be issued in the same manner as this notice. If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact City Hall at (903) 532-5571 during regular business hours.”

The mayor’s notice can be found at the city website of cityofhowe.org

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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.

Sign up here:  https://cne.coderedweb.com/Default.aspx?groupid=OEyA0%2fHMKZDpPI9b4atSog%3d%3d

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)