Pflugerville officials declared a local disaster March 4 after a pipeline failure reduced the amount of raw water flowing into Lake Pflugerville, prompting strict emergency water restrictions across the city.

What we know: Mayor Doug Weiss signed the disaster declaration, citing an imminent threat to the city’s public water system as lake levels continue to decline, according to a news release. Along with the declaration, the city activated Stage 3 emergency water restrictions, limiting water use to indoor purposes only for all city water customers.

City officials said the emergency follows the failure of a pipeline that feeds raw water into Lake Pflugerville, the city’s primary source of drinking water. Engineering projections show lake levels could fall below the city’s raw water intake structure by April 18, which could limit the city’s ability to withdraw enough water to meet essential needs such as drinking water, sanitation and firefighting.

Crews are installing a temporary pipeline to help restore water flow into the lake while repairs to the damaged line continue.

Two commercial developments totaling more than 110,000 square feet are set to officially break ground in early April in Pflugerville, with developers targeting completion by early 2027.

What we know: ARS Developers, founded by Anuradha Rondla and Prasad Kolishetti, is advancing two projects: ARS Crossings, a roughly 72,000-square-foot retail and office center on about 9.5 acres along FM 685 near the Blackhawk community, and ARS OneSpace, a 44,460-square-foot Class A flex office and warehouse campus on Heatherwilde Boulevard near Wells Branch Parkway.

“We are working with the chamber of commerce to set up a formal groundbreaking in the first week of April,” Kolishetti said, adding that both projects have permits in hand and early site work has begun.

The Texas Supreme Court suspended an order that extended election day voting hours at two Williamson County polling locations, according to a county news release.

Provisional ballots cast by approximately 150 to 200 voters who joined the line after 7 p.m. will not be counted unless the Texas Supreme Court ultimately rules otherwise.

What happened: Ahead of the 7 p.m. poll closing time for the primary election March 3, the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a lawsuit against the local party chairs to extend voting at the Georgetown Annex and Northstar Georgetown locations due to long lines.

Despite objections from the Texas Attorney General's Office regarding a lack of legally required notice, District Judge Betsy Lambeth granted the extension, ordering the polls to remain open until 10 p.m. and delaying the publication of early voting results.

In response, the Attorney General's Office filed an emergency appeal, and the Texas Supreme Court intervened to suspend Lambeth's ruling just after 10 p.m.