Many residents found they didn’t have the time, gas, or patience to wait, leading some to pay out of pocket for water instead.

Laredo will remain in a boil water notice for at least one more day after tests showed no E. coli for the first time since issuing the notice a week prior.

The notice for Laredoans enters its second week after E. coli bacteria was detected in the municipal water supply.

Due to a power outage at the Leary pump station, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the City of Leary, Texas public water system notify

The City of Laredo is looking into removing north Laredo from the boil water notice, which was extended again Wednesday due to detecting additional E. coli.

Rural areas in Nueces County are under a boil-water notice after a ground storage tank ruptured in Robstown Thursday.