Hurricane Harvey: Houston Water Department Asks For Public's Help

HOUSTON, TX — The City of Houston said Saturday morning that local drinking water remains safe after devastating destruction from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey that hit last weekend. However, the city asks residents to help conserve the safe drinking water, and the following Houston zip codes are listed along with tips on how to conserve.

Houston Water’s West District and Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment plants provide sanitary sewer service to zip codes: 77024, 77041, 77043, 77055, 77077, 77079, 77080 and 77094 (impacted areas are highlighted on the map above) have been flooded.

Residents in these areas are asked to please help Houston Water conserve resources by not flushing or using extra water for showers, baths, laundry, dishes or toilets until further notice.

(For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Bellaire Patch, and click here to find your local Texas Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Like Bellaire Patch on Facebook and get our posts directly in your newsfeed; story continues below.

Houston Water is actively working to repair services. Updated information will be posted to www.houstonemergency.org, Facebook.com/HoustonPWE and on Twitter @HoustonPWE

For questions and concerns call 3-1-1.

Photo via Getty Images