Water leak repaired

KWSC employees work to repair the leak in the transmission line on Friday afternoon. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
KWSC employees work to repair the leak in the transmission line on Friday afternoon. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

A water leak in the concrete transmission line along U.S. Highway 190 that nearly caused a citywide water outage for Lampasas was repaired early Saturday morning.

Lampasas City Manager Finley deGrannenried said few Lampasas residents lost water due to successful conservation efforts.

“The reason we managed to stay pressurized throughout the event was from the residents who conserved water,” deGraffe…