City of Houston ends boil water notice; TCEQ says water is safe

Houston’s boil water notice has ended with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirming the tap water is safe to drink, the city announced around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.

Customers should flush their water system by running cold-water faucets for at least one minute, clean automatic ice makers by making and discarding several batches of ice, and run water softeners through a regeneration cycle, the city said.

A power outage at the East Water Purification Plant on Sunday, Nov. 27,…