{"id":109196,"date":"2026-01-03T04:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109196\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:02:09","slug":"over-100k-gallons-of-wastewater-spilled-in-southeast-houston-residents-asked-to-boil-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/109196\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100K gallons of wastewater spilled in southeast Houston; residents asked to boil water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Over 100,000 gallons of wastewater have reportedly spilled from a collection system in southeastern Houston, and some residents are being advised to boil their drinking water.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston: Boil advisory after wastewater spill <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to Houston Public Works, a &#8220;structural failure&#8221; led to wastewater being spilled from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/9850+Goodyear+Dr,+Houston,+TX+77017\/@29.7009835,-95.262274,16z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640bd6e1d012c3f:0x54eff8a99415a961!8m2!3d29.701313!4d-95.2578636!16s%2Fg%2F11scv5pp6m?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTIwOS4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2N0gBUAM%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">collection system on Goodyear Drive<\/a>, near Highway 225 and Sims Bayou.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">It&#8217;s believed the spill started at about 1 p.m. on New Year&#8217;s Eve. As of 8 p.m. Friday, officials say over 100,000 gallons of untreated domestic wastewater have been lost.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Houston Public Works is addressing the structure failure. Local officials and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality have been notified.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">There is no estimate of when the system will be fully repaired.<\/p>\n<p> Locals advised to boil water <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Officials say the spill impacts private drinking water supply wells within about a half-mile from the collection system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">This spill could also be impacting the Sim Bayou near Highway 225, its south bank near the highway, and the bayou&#8217;s downstream to the Houston Ship Channel.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-84206987.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">File photo. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Anyone in the areas mentioned above is being advised to either use distilled water or to boil their water for at least one minute before drinking, cooking, bathing, etc.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">If you receive drinking water from the City of Houston, officials say your water is safe, and it doesn&#8217;t need to be boiled.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">If you buy water from a public water supply, you can call your distributor to see if your water&#8217;s safe for personal use.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Until the structure is fixed, the public is asked to avoid any soil, water, or waste material in the impacted area. If you come in contact with it, you&#8217;re advised to clean yourself and your clothes as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: City of Houston and Houston Public Works.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Over 100,000 gallons of wastewater have reportedly spilled from a collection system in southeastern Houston, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-109196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}