On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:23:52 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Monday, October 22, 2018 at 2:04:47 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Boil alert for water for all of Travis County just went out early
>> this morning. Since our water comes from the Colorado river, and
>> it's so filled with muck from the flooding, the water sanitation
>> plants can't keep up.
>>
>> Lines at the grocery store have finally subsided since they're out
>> of water, but people are camping out there until they get new
>> shipments of water. There's a line of 100+ people waiting to get
>> into the local Costco, which still does have water. Notice that the
>> line starts on the left side:
>>
>> https://i.redd.it/pvt8fuf7yrt11.jpg
>>
> When do they expect y'all will have drinkable tap water again???

Probably 3-5 days or so. No water has tested positive for any
bacteria yet. So I'm not too concerned. I did boil some water
which is sitting still covered on the stove. And I'm waiting for
the ice bucket to fill up before I turn it off (since the water is
still safe).

-sw