{"id":443696,"date":"2026-09-22T04:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443696\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T04:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T04:48:08","slug":"el-paso-water-offers-free-sandbags-at-two-pickup-sites-ahead-of-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/443696\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Water offers free sandbags at two pickup sites ahead of heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 With monsoon season already bringing strong downpours to parts of El Paso, El Paso Water is urging residents in flood-prone areas to prepare now by picking up free sandbags.<\/p>\n<p>The utility said crews are keeping sandbags ready for customers who live in areas where water can rush into yards, driveways, or home entrances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want our customers to take advantage now before the storms hit. We encourage them to prepare ahead of time, protect their property,\u201d said Denise Parra, El Paso Water public information officer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the utility, it is giving out 10 free sandbags per person at two locations, and residents can pick them up at the Stormwater Operations Center on Fred Wilson from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. this week. <\/p>\n<p>Sandbags are also available at the Artcraft Booster Station on Paseo del Norte from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:<a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/txdot-urges-drivers-to-pack-a-basic-safety-kit-as-heavy-rain-threatens-flash-flooding?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/txdot-urges-drivers-to-pack-a-basic-safety-kit-as-heavy-rain-threatens-flash-flooding?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TxDOT urges drivers to pack a basic safety kit as heavy rain threatens flash flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 With monsoon season already bringing strong downpours to parts of El Paso, El&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-443696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443696","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=443696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}