Tens of thousands of Odessa residents were once again without water on Saturday afternoon as crews worked to fix a leak in the waterline — an ongoing problem in the city’s aging infrastructure.
Crews in the fast-growing city at the center of the Permian Basin were not able to isolate a leak discovered Saturday morning. City manager John Beckmeyer said faulty valves forced workers to shut down the entire system to make repairs. The city’s aging 700-mile-long system has seen recurring problems and it is due for a major overhaul, he said.
