The map is finally green! Free chlorine disinfectant blasted into the city’s water system has finally covered the entire city, indicated by the green areas.
A new chlorine disinfectant has finally made its way throughout the entire Corpus Christi city water system, but testing to prove that it has been 100 percent effective is still underway. Once those reports have been submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, action on lifting the boil water notice could take another 18 hours, making Wednesday, May 25, the most likely day the city will be able to drink from the tap once again.
Now in Day 12 of the boil water notice, the city plans to continue holding press conference updates until the notice is officially lifted.
“We are in the final process in trying to get out of the boil notice,” Mayor Nelda Martinez said.
Tuesday’s briefing took only about a minute out of an ongoing city council meeting that was in the middle of appointing deputy city manager Margie Rose as interim city manager. She replaces former city manager Ron Olson who cited the city’s ongoing water issues as one of the reasons he chose to leave, Olson resigned Tuesday, May 10.
Rose can’t officially be named interim city manager until June 24, when Olson’s accumulated leave officially runs out. Until then, he is the city manager of record, with Rose acting on his behalf while he is out of the office.
For more information the boil water notice, and the special city council meeting held Monday, May 24, check out our coverage here.
