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Laredo utilities director says city has addressed TCEQ findings; council orders related items continued as directed
Summary
Following the October 2024 contamination event and a March citation from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, interim Utilities leadership reported progress on backflow prevention testing, main replacements and grant applications; council voted to continue staff work and bring related items back as directed (items 54–58).
Interim utilities staff and the interim utilities director briefed the council on April 7 about corrective steps taken after a fall 2024 water contamination incident and a subsequent Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) citation. The presentation said the department had accelerated inspections and testing of backflow prevention assemblies and had begun applying for multiple grants and low‑interest loans to fund main replacements.
“We got a preliminary report when they did this survey. We didn't wait till the citation letter came to address the problem,” interim utilities director Buzz Pischkirk told the council, listing work the department…
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