Water main break leaves Childress without water, water boil notice in effect

  • Volunteers unload and distribute water at the community water distribution Monday, Feb. 27 in the Childress High School parking lot. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner
    Volunteers unload and distribute water at the community water distribution Monday, Feb. 27 in the Childress High School parking lot. The Red River Sun/Elizabeth Tanner

    CHILDRESS — With a 15-foot crack in the water main, Childress citizens were left without water for over 30 hours Sunday, Feb. 26 and Monday, Feb. 27, as the City of Childress Water Department scrambled to make repairs to the aging water system.

    “Water from the city water storage tank to the City of Childress has been shut off to allow repairs to one of the main lines feeding water to residences and…