Thousands of people in Texas are at risk of their public water systems running out of water in 45 days or less while even more are experiencing water service interruptions.

A small Texas city west of Austin remains under tight water restrictions amid a significant drought. After days of being at the highest emergency level for water conservation, officials said Monday that those restrictions have only slightly been loosened, limiting water consumption to “indoor use only” until further notice.

  • Mrrt@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    As an outsider I assume it’s because their ‘independant’ (read: under-regulated) power grid collapses every time all that stuff turns on.