{"id":327163,"date":"2026-06-08T04:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327163\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T04:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:22:09","slug":"hudspeth-county-declares-emergency-after-water-outage-in-sierra-blanca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/327163\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudspeth County declares emergency after water outage in Sierra Blanca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Hudspeth County has issued an emergency declaration after a disruption of water service in Sierra Blanca.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency declaration was issued on Sunday, June 7, according to a notice posted on the Hudspeth County Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration says that Sierra Blanca Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, the sole public water provider for Sierra Blanca, &#8220;has experienced a series of mechanical failures and multiple line breaks that have resulted in an extended interruption of water service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The interruption of water service creates conditions that may impact public health, sanitation, continuity of government operations, emergency services and general welfare within the affected area,&#8221; the declaration reads.<\/p>\n<p>The County judge has determined that &#8220;extraordinary measures may be necessary to support coordination, protect public health and safety and assist affected residents and partner agencies,&#8221; according to the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>As of about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the water department gave notice that a distribution tank is being filled. There is also a boil water notice in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster declaration will be in affect for no more than seven days unless continued or renewed by Hudspeth County Commissioners Court.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Hudspeth County has issued an emergency declaration after a disruption of water service&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,53758,101352,931,75920,116925,23521,40794],"class_list":["post-327163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-boil-water-notice","tag-emergency-declaration","tag-hudspeth-county","tag-sierra-blanca","tag-the-declaration","tag-water-department","tag-water-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327163","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=327163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}