Hoodline · Roscoe, TX
Roscoe, Texas Water Outage Drags On After Main Shutoff
Roscoe residents had their water shut off Nov. 5 for the installation of new water mains, and days later, some households still had no running water at all. Amber Serrano said her home was one of them, left without service since Thursday morning even as most of the city’s supply came back online. Most of Roscoe’s water supply had returned, but Serrano’s home remained without service, KTXS reported. Serrano said she contacted the city office Friday to ask when service would return and was told staff did not know. Serrano’s household includes three children. She described the added burden of meeting basic needs without running water, including the water needed to flush a toilet: “To flush a toilet, you have to have at least a gallon of water. So for a family of five,” she said. Families without service also had to find other ways to bathe and wash clothes.
