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Houston boil water advisory for over 2 million people could last until Tuesday, mayor says

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More than 2 million people across Houston faced a boil water order Monday that could last until Tuesday and schools were shut down after a power outage disrupted the city’s water system.
Water pressure dropped below the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s required minimum Sunday at the East Water Purification Plant, authorities said. Workers collected two sets of water samples Monday morning and delivered them to a lab for processing.
Turner, speaking at a briefing Monday, apologized for the disruption and said he was optimistic the test results will come back clean.
“It is our hope that we can get positive word late, late (Monday) night or early tomorrow morning because we would like to see schools resume,” Turner said.
He said an electric transformer and a backup both failed, causing the power outage and decline in water pressure. He said he has ordered a diagnostic team to investigate what happened, to ensure it won’t happen again.

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