The Lampasas City Council voted 7-0 in a special session Tuesday to end the city's contract with OMI, Inc. -- which manages the city's water and wastewater systems -- effective Oct. 4.

The termination comes in response to a citation the city received from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for failure to issue a boil-water notice when the level of chlorine residuals in the water system dropped below TCEQ standards.

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