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Midland officials outline fixes and new safeguards after early-year water supply strain
Summary
City staff described how emergency bypasses, valve inspections, satellite leak detection and partnership treatment reduced near-term risk and formed a multi-year plan to strengthen Midland's water supply.
City of Midland public works officials told the City Council on Oct. 28 that a combination of temporary bypasses, targeted repairs and new monitoring programs prevented a water-supply emergency earlier this year and are now being formalized into longer-term resilience projects.
Public Works Officer Carl Crago said the city’s supply capacity had been cut earlier in the year when both a critical valve at the T‑Bar facility failed and treatment-plant operations were reduced by contractor errors and zebra‑mussel maintenance. “We provided a temporary bypass at the plant to bring that plant up from 8,000,000 gallons a…
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