Overview
- City officials said the latest leak was repaired late Wednesday, resuming transfers from the Colorado River into Lake Pflugerville, the city’s primary source.
- Residents remain on Stage 3 indoor-only restrictions until the lake reaches 19 feet, with depth at about 17 feet Wednesday and recovery expected to take more than two months.
- Officials are urging immediate conservation — including delaying laundry and dishwashing and reusing water safely — with violations subject to warnings or $1,500–$2,000 fines per occurrence.
- The fifth break discovered Tuesday had halted inflows, capping months of pipeline failures since fall that depleted the system by hundreds of millions of gallons.
- To reinforce supplies, the city has activated a local well and is purchasing water from Manville Water Supply Corporation, while a 42-inch secondary raw waterline is projected to start sending water by late June 2026.