On Sunday at 10:30 a.m., the water pressure dropped below the city's required minimum of 20 PSI due to a power outage at the East Water Purification Plant, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Forrest said the city's pressure system was never at zero, just below the regulatory limit. That pressure is important because it prevents anything from infiltrating the water system.
Over 2.3 million people are said to be impacted by this notice, which was sent out six hours after the initial outage.
The timeline of this issue has left many people questioning why it took so long for the notice to be issued.
"This is not an instantaneous automatic notice. Just because the power went out, doesn't mean the power went out in the system. We had to verify that the pressure drop was real and reach out to TCEQ. There are a number of steps to take before issuing a boil water notice," Forrest said.
Why didn’t the County/City have backup generators?
How is it that 12 hours into the power outage did Yvonne Williams Forrest not know how the power went out?
Why did it take 12 hours to INFORM THE PUBLIC of the water boil notice?
14 hours after the power outage the newly “fortified” County Judge Hidalgo informed her Constituents of the boil water notice.
There is NO excuse to not have back up power (generator) at a plant serving this many people. I'm a MUD engineer and most all of our plants, while not required, have generators. It's a one time cost with monthly maintenance and ensures nothing like this happens.
When you have a city/county that plays identity politics and votes for (or against) candidates based on their color, gender, sexual orientation etc instead of their qualifications and competence, you end up with Harris County.
Not to mention that the city’s address locator tool didn’t work until this morning. I have a “Houston 77058” address but am not in the red area, so it’s unclear if I’m affected.
Just got a notice that Dowdell PUD does not have a Boil Water Notice, even though they do get their water from North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
QUESTION: Why didn’t the generators kick in as soon as the power went out?
ANSWER: “Our generators are not designed to kick on automatically. They are designed to operate post Hurricane.”
Above is what the COH director said... this makes ZERO sense. The generator should have an ATS (automatic transfer switch) when electrical power is lost. It is seamless. Even home generators have this capability.
You don't know what you're talking about. Unlike a gas or vapor, water is incompressible. The change in temperature when pressure changes within the ranges we're talking about is so tiny it's not measurable with off-the shelf thermometers.
Do you think your water cools when the pressure is reduced as it comes out of a faucet?
The reason for the pressure requirement is as stated in the article- to prevent intrusion of contaminants into the water system. As might happen if, for example, a heavily chlorinated cooling tower took it's make-up water from the city water supply. If the city water pressure drops, the cooling tower could potentially back-flow into the city system.
Or maybe if the brewery used city water. Liquids from the brewery might back-flow w/o sufficient city water pressure.
There is NO excuse to not have back up power (generator) at a plant serving this many people. I'm a MUD engineer and most all of our plants, while not required, have generators. It's a one time cost with monthly maintenance and ensures nothing like this happens.
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When you have a city/county that plays identity politics and votes for (or against) candidates based on their color, gender, sexual orientation etc instead of their qualifications and competence, you end up with Harris County.
Not to mention appointments. The Water Dept head knew nothing. Wasted 5 mins of life watching that interview last night.
Why did it take so long for the Democrat morons in charge to notify its constituents? It was the weekend. Duh.
Couldn’t be bothered…that’s what happens when county administration is selected and not elected.
“ they believe it’s safe” do they not understand the reason for refutations? It’s certainly not based on a belief
Not to mention that the city’s address locator tool didn’t work until this morning. I have a “Houston 77058” address but am not in the red area, so it’s unclear if I’m affected.
Just got a notice that Dowdell PUD does not have a Boil Water Notice, even though they do get their water from North Harris County Regional Water Authority.
QUESTION: Why didn’t the generators kick in as soon as the power went out?
ANSWER: “Our generators are not designed to kick on automatically. They are designed to operate post Hurricane.”
Above is what the COH director said... this makes ZERO sense. The generator should have an ATS (automatic transfer switch) when electrical power is lost. It is seamless. Even home generators have this capability.
You don't know what you're talking about. Unlike a gas or vapor, water is incompressible. The change in temperature when pressure changes within the ranges we're talking about is so tiny it's not measurable with off-the shelf thermometers.
Do you think your water cools when the pressure is reduced as it comes out of a faucet?
The reason for the pressure requirement is as stated in the article- to prevent intrusion of contaminants into the water system. As might happen if, for example, a heavily chlorinated cooling tower took it's make-up water from the city water supply. If the city water pressure drops, the cooling tower could potentially back-flow into the city system.
Or maybe if the brewery used city water. Liquids from the brewery might back-flow w/o sufficient city water pressure.
The first two sentences are interesting, and I want to know more. The third sentence doesn't make sense.
Source: chemical engineering