The Eagle Pass Water Works System Board of Trustees held a meeting on Tuesday March 21 in which they were presented with their year end Comprehensive Ann
ual Financial Report (CAFR) Audit from Certified Public Accountant Milo Martinez of the independent auditing firm of Martinez, Rosario & Company L.L.P. of San Antonio, Texas.

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Eagle Pass Water Work System Manager Jorge Barrera has announced that the EPWWS computer systems have been hacked. Barrera states that one of the system’s main servers was hacked into multiple times since late November and into early December, until it was caught. 

Jose J Licona Zuniga, an employee of the Eagle Pass Water Works System Water Plant, was arrested on Wednesday, September 27 for transporting undocumented aliens into the United States. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

The Eagle Pass Water Works System Board of Trustees held a meeting on Wednesday, August 16, during which EPWWS General Manager Jorge Barrera presented the board with information on the expansion of an area of roadway spanning from the Main IBC Bank  to Loop 480 by the Texas Department of Public Transportation offices. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff writer

  Eagle Pass Water Works System General Manager Jorge Barrera gave the EPWWS Board of Trustees an update on the Cast Iron Pipe Replacement Project for the downtown area at a meeting held Wednesday, August 16.

Jose G. Landa

Staff writer

Eagle Pass Water Works System General Manager Jorge Barrera and his administration are in the process of promoting a new awareness campaign to alleviate the problems of drainage clogs caused by the incorrect disposal of grease by home owners and even restaurants. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff writer

The Eagle Pass Water Works System  has released its 2016 Water Quality Report that is conducted in unison with the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality.

 The 2016 Consumer Confidence Report Water Quality test was conducted by TCEQ and shows no violation by EPWWS on the regulated substances that are checked by both agencies in different samples throughout the year.

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

The Eagle Pass Water Works System Board of Trustees held a meeting on Tuesday, June 13 in which the organization recognized outgoing EPWWS Board President Larry Martin. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

The Eagle Pass Water Works System Board of Trustees approved various items involving Tetra Tech and its engineering services for the proposed projects for the EPWWS.  

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

   The Eagle Pass City Council approved the refinancing of $4,540,000 in bonds belonging to the Eagle Pass Water Works System in order to lower payment amounts, thus providing relief for the EPWWS customers under the proposed $54.7 million dollar expansion that is being sought.