Austin City Council held a special-called meeting in regards to the latest boil water notice. It was an operations failure, not an infrastructure issue that led to the days-long boil water notice issued by Austin Water back on Feb. 5.
"I am just profoundly sorry that we had this event," he said., council members took time to question Austin Water and identify what exactly happened.
That is what called for the boil notice on Saturday. How did employees not handle this? That is all under review. Meanwhile, while the city is doing its own investigation, council member Alison Alter is also pushing her resolution to conduct an independent audit of Austin Water.
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