Levelland residents must conserve water now due to storm damage

Levelland residents need to start conserving water immediately following storm damage Thursday evening, according to city officials.

"The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (one of our water suppliers) has a substation that suffered damage in the storm," the city announced on social media. "They expect to be back in full operation sometime tomorrow, but until then, we need to work together to decrease our usage."

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This same storm has caused damages, though the extent is not confirmed. Thousands of households across the area were without power as of 8:45 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Lubbock, Levelland area storm prompts water conservation notice