Water restored in Northwest El Paso after Water Main Break
UPDATE (December 6, 2024): Water has been restored to the Northwest El Paso area, according to El Paso Water.
El Paso Independent School District says schools in the affected area will operate as normal.
Those schools include: Lundy Elementary, Tippin Elementary, and Hornedo Middle School.
UPDATE: Water trucks are available for those affected by the water outage at Ojo de Agua and Via Descanso, as well as High Ridge and Via Serena.
El Paso ISD sent us the following in a statement:
EPISD is aware of the recurrence of the issue with a water main leak in the area this evening, Thursday 5th December 2024, and are closely monitoring the situation. We are in communication with El Paso Water and assessing the situation. If there is a change to our regular class schedule, we will alert impacted families and staff as early as possible tomorrow morning, Friday 6th December 2024. We appreciate our community’s understanding and trust.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Water announced on their Facebook page that a second water line has broken in Northwest El Paso.
The water main is located at Ojo de Agua and Via Descanso, and is impacting the same area that experienced outages earlier this week. At the time of writing, El Paso Water says hundreds of residents will have their service impacted.
In the Facebook post, El Paso Water says crews are on-site making emergency repairs to the water line.
El Paso Water has confirmed Lundy Elementary School and Hornedo Middle School are in the affected area. El Paso ISD has not yet said if any schools will be closed as a result of this outage.
We will continue to update this article as we learn more information.
