Click to open this PDF in a new window.<\/a><\/p>\n What we know<\/p>\n For months, FOX 4 viewers have been sending in videos and pictures of the water in Trinidad, a city over an hour south of Downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has been investigating the city’s water supply. On Monday, TCEQ released their findings.<\/p>\n TCEQ’s report found discolored water in Trinidad that “exceeded the standard.”<\/p>\n It points to water mains in the city as being part of the problem: “the age and condition of distribution mains may be a factor in contributing to tinted or discolored water,” including “dead-end lines” that prevent water from properly circulating through its pipes.<\/p>\n The report also points to failures to properly conduct chloramine effectiveness sampling in its water.<\/p>\n What they’re saying<\/p>\n Steven Haynes and Jonathan Bowman own businesses in Trinidad. They say raw, unfiltered water tested at their businesses discovered disinfectant contamination that exceeded federal maximums by more than 300%.<\/p>\n “Trinidad needs to make a decision whether or not it wants to be in the water business,” Bowman tells FOX 4’s David Sentendrey.<\/p>\n Steven Haynes and Jonathan Bowman<\/p>\n To combat the city’s water issues, Bowman and Haynes have invested in a $10,000 water filtration system.<\/p>\n “There’s a tipping point for everything, and we have hit the tipping point,” Haynes said.<\/p>\n “People should recognize that other businesses moving to Trinidad are going to have to do something to this effect to be able to provide clean water,” Bowman said.<\/p>\n What’s next<\/p>\n TCEQ has issued an August 3 deadline for Trinidad to set a compliance plan to solve their water issues.<\/p>\n Trinidad Water Saga<\/p>\n Timeline<\/p>\n The saga in Trinidad, which claims less than 800 residents, began in May following Combs’ arrest<\/a> over the city’s water issues.<\/p>\n Combs’ post stated that people had been hospitalized after drinking the city’s water. FOX 4 has not verified that anyone in Trinidad was hospitalized from drinking the city’s water.<\/p>\n A Henderson County grand jury declined to indict Combs, who has since filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Trinidad and Gregory which alleges she was arrested in “an act of deliberate political retaliation.”<\/p>\n One day after FOX 4’s initial report on Combs, citizen journalist Winston Noles protested outside Trinidad City Hall with a sign with expletives targeting “bad cops.”<\/p>\n Noles was arrested<\/a> and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for the sign. The Trinidad Municipal Judge, Shellena Bivens, later dismissed the charge.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, May 27, Alex Estrada and Colby Reyes, two former Trinidad employees, filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the city claiming the city administrator fired them without cause.<\/p>\n Reyes, the former Trinidad Water Clerk, says in the lawsuit that she was fired because she “refused to lie” on behalf of Gregory and City Administrator Dosier.<\/p>\n Reyes’ lawsuit claims Gregory publicly fabricated a story that Reyes was frightened by Noles in order to arrest him, in which Reyes says she put in writing she was “never offended” by Noles.<\/p>\n A law firm representing Estrada and Reyes and Consumer Wellness Center Labs are organizing free independent water testing for people on Trinidad’s water supply as the TCEQ investigation continues.<\/p>\n At a May 28 Trinidad City Council meeting<\/a>, Judge Bivens was fired as the city’s municipal judge. The issue of water quality in Trinidad was never addressed.<\/p>\n Gregory, who made his first public comments since FOX 4 initially reported on the story, said he had “nothing to hide” in relation to Combs and Noles’ arrests.<\/p>\n Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws suggested to Sentendrey that the Texas Rangers should investigate the city and its police department after the recent arrests and water issues have come to light.<\/p>\n Bivens is considering legal action<\/a> against Trinidad, with her attorney saying her firing was unjust. “I’m a good judge. I’m a damn good judge,” Bivens told Sentendrey.<\/p>\n In June, a family in Trinidad alleged<\/a> that after showering with the city’s water, their teenage daughter suffered a chemical burn.<\/p>\n An attorney for the family provided a preliminary water test strip result that showed “dangerous” free chlorine levels in the Logan family’s water. It remains unclear if Trinidad’s recent water treatment led to the Logans’ daughter’s rash.<\/p>\n A planned meeting for Thursday, June 4 to give an update on the city’s attempts to fix their water quality issues was canceled. Mayor Dennis Haws said he did not receive a reason for the cancellation, though a small protest took place outside the planned meeting.<\/p>\n Gregory resigned<\/a> from his position as Trinidad Police Chief following the multiple controversies. His final day with the department was June 19.<\/p>\n Gregory has declined interview requests from FOX 4, citing pending lawsuits.<\/p>\n Following news of Gregory’s resignation, the Trinidad judge who approved the arrest warrant for Combs wrote<\/a> a scathing letter against him and his police department.<\/p>\n McKee’s letter questions “the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of information presented” to him by two Trinidad police officers in relation to Combs’ arrest warrant.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kdfw_fox_local_articles_173\/43a36eca67c4fa4c8eab841904e10720.jpeg\"\/)
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