Residents will happy to know The City of Devine received 3 generators delivered this past July 18. Two will be at the site of the Edward’s wells, while 1 will be at the wastewater plant.
It’s been a long time since the historic February 2021 snowfall in which the area received 6-9 inches over a period of a couple days. The historic snowfall and below freezing temps in Texas led to ERCOT’s “rolling blackouts”, lasting 30 hours for some unlucky homeowners in our area. But if you re-call, Devine residents were hit extra hard. Without electricity, or back up generators, the City of Devine was not able to pump water up into the water tower, leaving residents without running water for days on top of the blackouts.
In the months following the “Snowpocalyse” as some called it, city leaders in office at that time vowed to secure back up generators to prevent this from happening again, but complications and issues led to a delay.
Under the leadership of Mayor Butch Cook and new City Administrator David Jordan, who came on board this past November, this issue is a priority. Jordan added that the generators will be brought on-line sometime this week.
“This will greatly reduce the chances of the city going without water during extreme weather and electricity outages,” said City Administrator David Jordan.
