官员们说，周日停电影响了一家水处理厂，超过200万休斯顿居民接到烧水通知。
据该机构称，在当地时间上午10点30分左右，东部净水厂停电期间，水压降至德克萨斯州环境质量委员会要求的最低20 PSI以下。
休斯顿市长西尔维斯特·特纳说，水是安全的，煮沸命令是为了遵守规定。男性发微博该市于周日晚上向TCEQ提交了取消通知的计划。
“水样将随后跟进，希望我们能从TCEQ获得所有信息。从那时起，该市必须等待24小时，烧水通知才会暂停。最早将是明天晚上或周二凌晨，”特纳周日晚上在推特上说。
这一事件对其他城市服务和组织产生了连锁反应。
休斯顿学校周一关闭和星期二因为秩序。
休斯敦独立学区周一下午在推特上说:“我们将密切关注局势，并在周三提供有关运营的更多更新。”
The East Water Purification Plant after a boil water notice was issued for the entire city of Houston, Nov. 28, 2022, in Houston.
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休斯顿水务主管伊冯娜·威廉姆斯·福雷斯特告诉记者中航附属KTRK周日晚上，该市的压力系统的秩序从来没有在零，只是低于监管限制。她说，这种压力很重要，因为它可以防止任何东西渗入水系统。
“在发布烧水通知之前，监管过程中有许多步骤，如果我们没有发布烧水通知，我们不想不必要地警告这座城市，”她告诉KTRK。
特纳说，周一早上停电是由两个变压器故障引起的。他说，电力在当地时间下午12点15分左右恢复。
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市长说，16个传感器在两分钟内降至20磅/平方英寸以下，触发了紧急情况，到下午3点，16个位置中的14个位置的满水压恢复到20磅/平方英寸以上
根据特纳的说法，送到TCEQ的水样必须等待18个小时，等待城市解除警报。他说，煮沸通知最早将于周二凌晨撤销。
特纳说，将对这一事件进行调查，并为取消向城市、学校、孩子和家长道歉。
“我不能告诉你失败的原因，事情确实发生了，这很不幸，”他说。
Houston under water boil notice after power failure
Over 2 million Houston residents are under a water boil notice after a power outage Sunday affected a water treatment plant, officials said.
The water pressure dropped below the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's required minimum of 20 PSI during a power outage at the East Water Purification Plant around 10:30 a.m. local time, according to the agency.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the water was safe and that the boil order was done to comply with regulations. Hetweetedthat the city submitted its plan to TCEQ to lift the notice Sunday night.
"Water samples will subsequently follow and hopefully we will get the all clear from TCEQ. The city has to wait 24 hours from that point before the boil water notice is suspended. The earliest would be tomorrow night or very early Tuesday morning," Turner tweeted Sunday night.
The incident had a ripple effect on other city services and organizations.
Houston schoolswere closed MondayandTuesdaybecause of the order.
"We will closely monitor the situation and provide additional updates about operations for Wednesday," Houston's Independent School District tweeted Monday afternoon.
Yvonne Williams Forrest, Houston's water director, toldABC affiliate KTRKSunday night that the order of the city's pressure system was never at zero, just below the regulatory limit. That pressure is important because it prevents anything from infiltrating the water system, she said.
"There are a number of steps in the regulatory process before you issue a boil water notice and we didn't want to unnecessarily alert the city if we did not have to issue a boil water notice," she told KTRK.
Turner said Monday morning the power outage was caused by two transformers that malfunctioned. Power was restored around 12:15 p.m. local time, he said.
The mayor said 16 sensors fell below 20 PSI for two minutes which triggered the emergency, and full water pressure restored above 20 PSI at 14 of the 16 locations by 3 p.m.
The water samples that were sent to TCEQ have to sit and wait for 18 hours for the city to get the all-clear, according to Turner. He said the earliest the boil notice will be rescinded is early Tuesday morning.
Turner said the incident will be investigated and apologized to the city, schools and kids and parents for the cancellations.
"I can't tell you why it failed, stuff does happen and it's unfortunate," he said.
