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Roscoe residents whose water was shut off Nov. 5 for the installation of new water mains said some households were still without service several days later, forcing families to find other ways to bathe, wash clothes and meet basic needs. Amber Serrano said most of the city’s water had been restored, but her home remained without service. “Pretty much the rest of the city's water has been had been turned back on. Ours was not,” Serrano said. She said she contacted the city office Friday to ask when service would return. “And basically all they just said is, I don't know. I'm sorry. No answers,” she said. Serrano said her household had been without water since Thursday morning. RELATED| Big fish - and possibly a shark - allegedly spotted swimming along flooded Florida streets After several resident complaints, the city provided a minimum water supply to households still experiencing outages, but some residents alleged the amount was not enough to meet daily needs.

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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.

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