AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Austin and Travis County officials are working to get supplies of bottled water available for those who need it most, as water and power outages continue across much of the area.
City officials said late Friday that a first shipment of water had arrived at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Further supplies will continue to arrive over the next 48 hours.
Officials will distribute the water in phases, starting with those with critical needs. The first phase of the distribution plan will cover shelters, warming centers, COVID-19 isolation facilities, medical facilities, and first responders.
A second phase will ramp up Saturday, focusing on the city's vulnerable populations, coordinating with community partners including the Austin Disaster Relief Network, Capital Metro, and others.
By Sunday, officials hope to move into the third phase, which will feature drive-through distribution sites in each of the city's 10 Council districts and elsewhere in Travis County that will allow residents to pick up water.
Those sites, which officials hope to announce later today, will operate from "sun up to sun down," and will allow one case of water per pick-up.
