howeenterprise.com
Monday, July 20, 2015
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Water leak left town dry
https://www.independent-bank.com/ Workers from Howe and Van Alstyne try to repair the leak On Wednesday morning a leak in a pipe on W. Haning Street just passed the police department had citizens without water for several hours. It wasn't until 4pm that the water had come back on in the city.
"When we removed the dirt, it had too much pressure and it pushed all of the pressure off of the line."
Wortham said that without valves around the city, they turned all of the wells off and try to isolate the Due to a lack of shut-off valves that problem. weren't installed years ago to the infrastructure, when the water is forced to be shut off anywhere in the city, the entire city suffers without water. The Public Works division of Van Alstyne also helped in the process of repairing the leak. "We had a leak and there was concrete on the back side of the cap on the end of it." said Wortham.
The Bulldog coaching staff will be hosting a non-contact football camp on July 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. This is open to campers entering 2nd-5th grade from 9:00-10:30 a.m. and 6th-9th grade from 10:3012:00 p.m. each day. The cost of the camp is $25 and a T-shirt will be provided with the cost of enrollment. The camp will be held on the practice field behind Howe High School. Registration forms can be picked up at the high school during business hours or at the Howe Youth Football sign-ups this Saturday.
