MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Leading up to this winter storm, the concern for power outages was on many people’s minds. However, in a Montgomery County neighborhood, residents lost something they weren’t expecting.
The Lexington Heights subdivision in Willis off FM 1097 does not have water, and it’s been that way since Saturday evening, according to county officials.
County Judge Mark Keough said that repairs are still underway, and they hope it’ll be fixed by Monday morning.
Ronnie Dedominicis said that he received an email from his water company about the outage.
“It basically said that the Lexington Heights subdivision was having some issues with the water well pump and that they would keep us updated,” Dedominicis said.
“This morning, we got another email saying that they were waiting on parts and we would be without water, and they were hoping that the water would come in, the parts would come in sometime today.”
The outage prompted Keough to host a water distribution. Cars of people from the subdivision formed a line to pick up their case.
“I moved in yesterday, and I’m just without water and kind of just freezing out here, but trying to get some free water,” said resident, Nathan Nguyen.
“It’s pretty nice that they’re able to do it for us, and I appreciate it.”
As far as the cause, the judge said it has to do with an electrical problem and some parts for a water pump.
Keough said he suspects this has to do with the weather, but he doesn’t know for sure yet.
“I talked to the guys working on the pump. They said they’re missing some parts and that those parts should be in this afternoon,” Keough said.
“It should be fixed by this afternoon or tomorrow morning.”
In Montgomery County, officials are also working to fix a power outage impacting their emergency operations center, the county airport and several hundred residences that started around 5:30 p.m.
County officials said they found a utility pole that fell over, but they don’t know if it was weather related.
They said the energy provider is working to restore power.
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