City hit in all departments, inundated with water issues

  • A frozen transformer
    A frozen transformer
  • An exploded pump.
    An exploded pump.
With storage tanks emptied, wastewater equipment failures, and customers’ pipes cracking, water was a major issue for the City of Schulenburg during last week’s sub-freezing weather. The unprecedented winter storm affected electric and garbage service as well, in the midst of rolling blackouts instituted by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. City Administrator Tami Walker said a boil…

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