Bowie water notice affects West Pecan Street as annual chlorine conversion begins

Bowie issued a boil-water notice for the 500–700 blocks of West Pecan Street on Aug. 6, creating an immediate water-use restriction for residents in that specific area. The city says people in the affected blocks must use bottled or boiled water until the notice is lifted.

The City of Bowie provided 940-977-4941 for bottled-water assistance. The notice applies to the identified portion of West Pecan Street; the supplied city announcement does not say that the entire city is under a boil-water order.

What the notice means for affected residents

Residents whose addresses fall within the 500–700 blocks of West Pecan Street should follow the city’s bottled-or-boiled-water direction while the notice remains in effect. The city announcement does not provide more specific water-use restrictions in the supplied source.

The notice also does not state why it was issued, when it will end, whether every affected customer has been contacted or what laboratory testing has been completed. The supplied announcement does not report contamination or illness.

Those omissions mean the city’s assistance number is the identified next point of contact for residents who need bottled water. The source packet does not provide a lift date or a separate testing deadline.

Annual chlorine conversion runs through Sept. 5

Separately, Bowie began its annual chlorine conversion at the city water-treatment plant on Aug. 6, 2026. The conversion is scheduled to continue through Sept. 5, 2026.

During the treatment change, the city warned that residents may notice minor changes in water taste and odor as the system changes disinfectants. The city’s announcement does not establish that the chlorine conversion caused the boil-water notice, so the two developments should be treated as separate notices.

Both the boil-water notice and the chlorine-conversion announcement were posted on the official City of Bowie website. For residents, the immediate practical question is whether their address is within the specified West Pecan Street blocks and whether they need bottled or boiled water.

Separate election filing deadline

The city’s official filing-deadlines page lists Aug. 17, 2026, as the deadline for filing for a place on the general-election ballot. That deadline is separate from the water notice and the chlorine-conversion schedule.

At the time of the supplied announcement, Bowie had not provided an end date for the boil-water notice. Residents seeking bottled-water assistance can call 940-977-4941.