Houston residents remained under a boil-water notice on Monday, forcing the state’s largest public school system to close schools for the day.
“Due to the Boil Water Notice issued by the City of Houston late this evening, all Houston ISD schools, offices, and facilities will be closed Monday, Nov. 28. #HISD will closely monitor the situation and provide additional updates regarding operations tomorrow,” Houston ISD wrote in a statement on Twitter Sunday night.
The city of Houston issued the boil-water notice after a reported power outage at the East Water Purification Plant at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. The outage caused the city’s water pressure to fall below 20 pounds per square inch (psi), a minimum required by the state….