The first truckload of seven arrived last night to help residents of south central Texas who continue to be without reliable water. The trucks pulled into the Maverick County food bank in south central Texas filling a need for drinking water after boil notices restricted supplies in Eagle Pass and many surrounding communities. Cotulla two hours to the east also received a truckload. Other trucks with drinking water are expected to arrive today in Uvalde, and Carrizo Springs.
A food shipment is scheduled for Del Río Texas. President Ross Davidson of the Eagle Pass Texas District said “These shipments are a relief and an expression of the love and concern we have for those hardest hit in our small Texas communities which comprise our district”.
There are many small communities within the Church’s Eagle Pass Texas District. Supplies will further be distributed to several smaller satellite communities who are still under restrictions to boil water before consumption. This region was one of the hardest hit by recent winter storms which sent temperatures plunging to record lows and which received record snowfalls.
In this region, where snow is a rare occurrence, few were ready for power outages and travel restrictions that effected a large swath of the population in large and small population centers.
Emergency management and civic leaders expressed gratitude to receive help from the Church although it had been unavoidably delayed by transport disruptions and the lack of available drivers.