{"id":359147,"date":"2026-07-02T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359147\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:54:07","slug":"hitchcock-residents-without-water-for-hours-after-water-main-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359147\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchcock residents without water for hours after water main damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HITCHCOCK, Texas \u2013 Residents in the city of Hitchcock were left without water for several hours Thursday due to a temporary water service interruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In a statement posted on Facebook, the City of Hitchcock Public Works Department said the water main located along Highway 6, in front of Good Ole Days Park, was temporarily shut down for scheduled maintenance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">City officials later said a construction crew struck an 8-inch water main, causing the outage. Parts of the city were left without water, while other areas experienced low water pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Officials said they are continuing to monitor the situation and that a boil water notice has not been issued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Some residents expressed frustration, saying they were unaware of the water interruption. The city posted a public notice on Facebook around noon, but it is unclear whether residents were notified by email or through another alert system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">One resident told KPRC 2 that he went to City Hall to ask when water service would be restored but was surprised to find the building closed during normal business hours. It is unclear why City Hall was closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KPRC 2 has reached out to city officials for additional information and is working to learn when water service is expected to be fully restored.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HITCHCOCK, Texas \u2013 Residents in the city of Hitchcock were left without water for several hours Thursday due&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[127627,127626,56,58,57,66,223],"class_list":["post-359147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-hitchcock-city-hall-closure","tag-hitchcock-water-service-update","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359147","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=359147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}