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The 2021 Texas Cold Weather Disaster: From the perspective of a water utility

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Unprecedented cold weather arrived in central Texas the evening of February 14, 2021 and continued through the following Thursday before barely peaking above freezing temperatures.  It was not just the very low temperatures but the length of time in which the temperatures persisted. Very early Monday morning on Presidents’ Day, February 15, Aqua Water Supply Corporation’s field personnel who were monitoring the water system began to see evidence of the low temperature’s effects on system performance, though at that point it was not yet a serious concern. Aqua’s system had survived very cold weather before and our field personnel from management ...

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