Victoria County officials said Monday they have been coordinating with the City of Victoria and local health partners to support response efforts after the city issued a boil‑water notice. County staff described daily information sharing with hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers and restaurants and said the county lab will run final bacteria tests after the city completes rechlorination.

County communications staff described the county role and why the situation matters. "Our main focus for our office is gonna be through the public communications piece of it," a county staff member said, adding that county staff have been pushing the city's updates and relaying them to health‑care providers.

The county emphasized why the outreach matters: health‑care facilities need time to institute contingency plans when water quality notices span multiple days. "He is in contact with the hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis centers because it's really important for us to get the information into their hands," the county staff member said of a county public‑health partner, Ralph Montes. The county also said it has been advising restaurants and food establishments on operations during a boil‑water notice.

County staff explained the testing roles. The county lab "tests for the bacteria levels in total coliform and E. Coli," the staff member said, while the city (and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) handles the chlorine/rechlorination testing; the county lab will provide the final bacteriological certification after the city clears the chlorine test. The staff member said the city gave a status update Saturday and late Sunday, and that from the city's July communications it was "hopeful for tomorrow with possibility of if it may go into Wednesday," but that there was no concrete lift date when the court spoke.

Officials also used the moment to describe broader preparedness work prompted by recent regional flooding. The county judge and commissioners said they will review lessons from the Kerrville floods and continue to develop local preparedness plans, including improved GIS mapping to locate low‑lying areas and elevations.

The court introduced Mallory Elkins, a communications intern from the University of Houston–Victoria who will assist county communications and emergency‑management outreach. The court thanked county emergency‑management staff and public‑health partners for their weekend response work and noted they are available to run tests on short notice.

The court's remarks were presented as informational updates; no formal votes or new policies were taken during the discussion.