UPDATE: Feb. 22, 2021 Water personnel are pumping 1300 gallons per minute into town. We are now at max pumping. Based on this, we should be seeing results in our towers. We are not. They are working major leaks around town which is usurping water. The water is being turned off at the leak … Continued
UPDATE: The Marlin City Council will convene in an emergency meeting today, Sunday, February 21 at 4:00 pm at City Hall in council chambers to discuss the water outage. The meeting will be live streamed to the City of Marlin Facebook page. This will be a live discussion of events that led to the water … Continued
UPDATE: 11:20 am 2/21/2021 City Manager, Cedric Davis, and I visited the Marlin Water plant this morning to assess why we are not receiving water in certain homes. The City of Marlin water continues to flow. Water personnel are pumping 1200 gallons per minute into town. They worked all night pumping this water. We have … Continued
UPDATE: Marlin’s water is restoring. If you have received water thus far, we are asking all citizens to limit your use today. The plant will need until tomorrow to fill ALL 4 TOWERS. The plant needs 24 hours to fill each tower with the 150,000 to 250,000 gallons they require. If you are first to … Continued
UPDATE: We have received many requests for updates regarding the progress at the Marlin Water Plant. Plant Director states that they have been encountering minor issues throughout the process that have required repair. They are slowly making water in an effort to ensure that no total system failure occurs. Please be patient as they work … Continued
UPDATE: All praises to the Most High. A special and heartfelt THANK YOU to Mayor Dillon Meeks and the City of Waco for a donation of 4 pallets of water for the citizens of Marlin. Thank you, Mayor Meeks, for your willingness to share during a time when no state or federal support appears to … Continued
UPDATE: The repairs to the busted pipe issue at the City of Marlin Water Plant are complete. However, they are in the process of trying to thaw a frozen pump so that they can begin producing water. They have contacted TCEQ and provided updates as to the continued delay. In the meantime, we are continuing … Continued
UPDATE: The bottle water is all distributed out … ************************************************************** CM Davis and MPD Chief Hommel have secured and delivered the additional parts and materials needed to complete repairs at the water plant. We have taken the initiative to secure several cases of bottled water that will be made available to the first 30 vehicles … Continued
Update: February 18, 2021 CM Davis and Chief Hommel have obtained the elbows (for the water plant) and are en-route to Marlin at this time. Hon. Mayor Carolyn Lofton
