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The recent winter storm that battered Texas left many of the state’s residents in dire situations. In the aftermath of the storm, a mass power outage left more than 4 million Texas residents in the dark and cold for days. And as power and heat was restored, the thawing ice exposed broken water pipes in buildings that began to gush water, causing damage and inhabitable living situations. The burst pipes and offline water treatment facilities disrupted water systems serving a majority of the state’s counties.
