Houston residents no longer need to boil their water before using it, city officials said today. But they should 'flush their water system' first by running faucets for at least a minute.
Houston officials on Tuesday morning lifted the"Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has confirmed that tap water meets all regulatory standards and is safe to drink," the city of Houston"Customers should flush their water system by running cold-water faucets for at least one minute, cleaning automatic ice makers by making and discarding...
batches of ice, and running water softeners through a regeneration cycle," per the press release.Multiple school districts and colleges in Houston were closed Monday and Tuesday as a result of theThe city's more than 2 million residents were under the advisory, which meant that water for drinking, cooking, washing hands and faces and brushing teeth should be boiled for at least two minutes.
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