San Augustine rescinds boil-water notice for Highway 96 water-tank line

The City of San Augustine rescinded a boil-water notice affecting the main line to the Highway 96 water tank on July 15, 2026. Residents and businesses served by that line may resume normal water use after the city determined that the advisory could be lifted.

The action applies to the specific city water line identified in the notice. The approved city information does not say that the notice covered all San Augustine residents, all San Augustine County residents or every customer in the city water system.

What changed

The city listed the notice as rescinded effective July 15 on its calendar and repeated the action on its News & Events page. Both official pages identify the affected infrastructure as the main line to the Highway 96 water tank.

For customers connected to that line, the rescission is the material change: the boil-water advisory is no longer in effect according to the city’s published notice. That affects the practical water-use status for the homes and businesses served by the line, although the city did not publish a count of affected customers.

The notice is relevant to anyone whose water service runs through the identified line, including residents, local businesses and other users of that portion of the San Augustine water system. The available announcement does not provide enough information to determine how many people, households or commercial locations were affected.

What remains unknown

The city’s published information does not state when the original boil-water notice began. It also does not identify the underlying cause of the water-system issue, provide test results or describe the operational steps that led to the rescission.

The rescission should not be characterized as proof of a permanent repair. The approved notices do not say that the water system has been permanently repaired, nor do they state that no further advisories are possible.

The city information also does not supply a separate follow-up date or additional deadline. The July 15 rescission is the latest known step in the matter based on the approved material.

Scope of the announcement

The announcement appears in two official City of San Augustine postings: the city calendar and the News & Events page. No separate local news report adding operational detail was identified in the approved source material.

Residents and businesses trying to determine whether the notice applied to them should compare their service location with the city’s description of the main line to the Highway 96 water tank. The published announcement does not provide a broader countywide scope or a customer list.