An error by operations staff at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant in Austin, Texas, recently resulted in a citywide boil-water notice for residents.
“In the process of clarification there were oversights and errors and had some turbidity issues and the process was not stopped and attended to,” Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros told CBS Austin.Meszaros was alerted to the turbidity issue and that is was impacting water that was leaving the plant. The plant was then shut down to figure out what happened.Austin Water lifted the boil notice Feb. 8 after more than 76 hours.CDC Announces COVID Wastewater Data Tracker Tool
News Briefs: Austin Residents Undergo Citywide Boil-Water Advisory
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the CDC launches an online tool to track COVID-19 wastewater data submitted to the agency's National Wastewater Surveillance System’s DCIPHER platform
