Update: Boil water notice issued for Whitehouse

WHITEHOUSE — The City of Whitehouse is under a boil water notice after a company working to install fiber hit a water main Wednesday evening. The city released the following statement Thursday: “Crews completed repairs to the damaged water main at approximately 1 a.m. We are currently flushing water lines and anticipate delivering water samples to the lab for testing today. That testing process takes approximately 24 hours before we will receive results. ” They said they expect an update at some point Friday.

According to a release from the City of Whitehouse, before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, a company installing fiber along Highway 110 hit an 8-inch water main, triggering a boil water notice from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.