June 04, 2025
Public Notice to Boil Water
To the customers in Oak Ridge Subdivision– OR ANY OTHER CUSTOMER IN THIS AREA THAT EXPERIENCED LOW WATER PRESSURE DURING THIS TIME.
Due to reasons beyond our control (loss of pressure due to a main break) on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality TCEQ) has required our water system, Onalaska Water Supply 1870009, to notify all customers of Oak Ridge Subdivision– OR ANY OTHER CUSTOMER IN THIS AREA THAT EXPERIENCED LOW WATER PRESSURE DURING THIS TIME, 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 Sidney L. Chance Jr., General Manager at 936-646-5393.
June 04, 2025
Public Boil Water Rescind Notice
To the Customers that live on the Peninsula of FM 3186 – OR ANY OTHER CUSTOMER IN THIS AREA THAT EXPERIENCED A WATER OUTAGE DURING THIS TIME.
on Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) required our public water system, Onalaska Water Supply Corporation (OWSC) PWS ID #1870009, to issue a Boil Water Notice (BWN) to inform certain customers that live on the Peninsula of FM-3186 - OR ANY OTHER CUSTOMER IN THIS AREA THAT EXPERIENCED A WATER OUTAGE DURING THIS TIME., that due to a loss of pressure from a (mechanical failure at the Idlewilde plant site), 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 today, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact Sidney L. Chance Jr., General Manager at 936-646-5393.
If a customer wishes to reach TCEQ, they may call 512-239-4691.
