A boil-water notice that has been in effect for three weeks for Ira and Dunn customers has been lifted, officials said.
Ira Water Supply Corp. (IWSC) President Darryl Calley said Monday that samples had been tested and approved by a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality-contracted laboratory in Sweetwater, which allowed the company to lift the boil-water notice.
“We want to tell our customers that we have appreciated their patience in this matter,” Calley said. “They have been patient and endured a lot these past few weeks, and we definitely appreciate them. And we want to thank the (Snyder) water department, which worked very closely with us in trying to solve this problem.”
IWSC’s water woes began June 21 when pressure in the main delivery line from Snyder dropped drastically. Several leaks were discovered and repaired, but Ira and Dunn customers didn’t have service restored until June 25. Even then, a lack of adequate disinfectant levels in the water forced the company to keep the boil-water notice in place.
The company buys water from Snyder, which is transmitted through a four-inch line to a storage facility just east of Ira. That line was the focus of an intense, multi-day search involving IWSC, Snyder Water Department, Snyder Fire Department and private citizens.
The company will soon begin a construction project to replace its aging system, which has been in place since the early 1960s, Calley said. A new main line will run from the Houston Street station in Snyder through the Round Top subdivision to the new storage facility on the south side of Ira.
The $4.5 million project is expected to be completed within two years, he said.