{"id":305459,"date":"2026-05-23T02:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:54:09","slug":"laredo-boil-water-notice-issued-after-contamination-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305459\/","title":{"rendered":"Laredo boil water notice issued after contamination confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Laredo issued a boil water notice Friday night for a large portion of the community.<\/p>\n<p>The notice was issued for customers served by the Jefferson Water Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n<p>The affected area stretches across much of the Gateway City, up to the northern parts of Laredo until reaching the locations served by the El Pico Water Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n<p>The city said the notice was issued due to confirmed bacteriological contamination identified within the distribution system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Current operational data indicates the issue appears isolated, and water treatment operations remain stable,&#8221; the city said in a statement. &#8220;Additional testing, flushing and monitoring efforts are ongoing in coordination with TCEQ requirements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city said residents should boil water for at least two minutes before using it for brushing their teeth, cooking, drinking or making ice.<\/p>\n<p>More information will be provided as it becomes available. For further questions, contact 311.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Laredo issued a boil water notice Friday night for a large portion of the community.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-305459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305459","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=305459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}