Laredo ends boil-water notice after 11 days, turns attention to illegal connections and old pipes [Video]

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McALLEN — Laredo residents are free to use their water after an 11-day boil-water notice expired earlier this week.

City officials announced the end of the warning and pledged to address the factors believed to have caused the city’s water crisis. Those factors include illegal connections to the city’s water system and decades-old pipes that must be replaced.

Laredo Mayor Victor D. Treviño announced the city would start an amnesty program for illegal water connections to encourage residents to come forward about possible violations after the city identified more than 200 bad or illegal connections throughout their investigation.

People who report illegal connections during the amnesty period will not face fines or penalties.

“Since there were over 200 violations found just in the central Laredo area alone, I believe that stands to reason that there are many more in …