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Rbespinosa13 t1_iy8n3xs wrote

Reply to comment by Thetimmybaby in Houston lifts boil-water order affecting more than 2 million by LieutJimDangle

This shit happens everywhere. Like yah we have a lot of reasons to dunk on Abbott, but this is a typical infrastructure issue that happens

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jhnhines t1_iy9bmtm wrote

Houston is a big blue city and the water plant is run by the city and not the state. Not that it even matters, mechanical failures happen in every state and everywhere has transformers that blow.

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YogurtclosetNo3049 t1_iy9axg9 wrote

I work in Detroit and we get notified of a boil water advisory there once or twice a year.

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Deified t1_iy9dvi0 wrote

You cannot possibly be using Michigan, with the most famous case of unclean tap water in modern history, as better than Texas in this regard, right?

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carpediem6792 t1_iy9eosj wrote

One city, vs. The SECOND largest state.

Try again.

We have glacial springs feeding my munii systems water, not recycled sewage.

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SirStrontium t1_iy9ik24 wrote

Houston is also one city. Did you think the entire state of Texas had a boil water order?

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