{"id":1491887,"date":"2026-03-27T14:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1491887"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:13:26","slug":"marshall-to-improve-water-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1491887","title":{"rendered":"Council approves final pump purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"MARSHALL \u2014 Following a week of water outages and reduced pressure due to a major water main break, the City of Marshall is taking steps to strengthen its water infrastructure. According to our news partner KETK, at Thursday\u2019s city council meeting, officials unanimously approved a contract with Smith Pump Company to purchase a solar pump for the raw water pump station. The $356,118 project will add a fourth pump to the system, marking the final step in restoring full pumping capacity.<\/p>\n

The decision comes after widespread disruptions tied to a March 17 water main break that forced closures across the community. Marshall ISD canceled classes and many local businesses temporarily closed down as water pressure dropped and outages spread. <\/p>\n

City officials also issued a boil-water notice, an emergency burn ban and a disaster declaration during the crisis. Water service was fully restored on March 22, but city leaders say long-term improvements are necessary to prevent similar issues in the future.<\/p>\n

According to Interim Director of Public Works Doug Box, the newly approved pump will complete the station\u2019s intended four-pump configuration, which is critical for moving raw water through the system. The station plays a key role in transporting raw water to the treatment system. Previously, the city faced reliability issues when the system was operating with only two pumps. At one point, a failure left the city relying on just a single water pump. Council members noted that restoring all four pumps has been a priority over the past year, and this purchase represents the final piece of that effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MARSHALL \u2014 Following a week of water outages and reduced pressure due to a major water main break, the City of Marshall is taking steps to strengthen its water infrastructure. According to our news partner KETK, at Thursday\u2019s city council meeting, officials unanimously approved a contract with Smith Pump Company to purchase a solar pump … Continue reading Council approves final pump purchase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1492171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-23_030446.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 23:40:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/03\/2026-03-23_030446.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1491887"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492401,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491887\/revisions\/1492401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1491887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1491887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1491887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}