Residents of Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander and Liberty Hill may soon notice a chlorine-like smell or taste in their tap water as local and regional water utilities are set to begin a chlorine rinse Aug. 3.

What you need to know: Tap water will remain safe to drink, bathe in, water plants with and use for other everyday purposes, a news release states.

The chlorine rinse, which will last about a month, serves to disinfect the water system and remove buildup from pipes.

To improve the taste and odor of tap water, residents can store it in an open container in the fridge to let the chlorine dissipate.

The Bar W Ranch-area Kumon tutoring center in Leander has moved to a new, permanent location on Ronald Reagan Boulevard, owner and instructor Atlantis Frost said.

What parents need to know: The learning center, which opened in October 2023, moved from a temporary location at Larkspur Elementary School to its new location in May, Frost said. The center will host a grand opening Aug. 1.

The center is a franchise of Kumon, a global education company that started in Japan in 1958.

Frost, who is a former University of Texas at Austin chemistry instructor and chief assistant at Kumon of Austin West, teaches all of the center’s classes, she said.

Parents can learn more about the center and enroll their children on the tutoring center’s website. Tuition costs $175 per subject per month, and registration and materials fees also apply, according to the website.

With large parts of the state under an extreme heat warning or heat advisory through July 23, the operator of Texas’ independent power grid is projecting record-breaking electric demand this week.

What's happening: As of 3 p.m. July 22, there were 90,027 megawatts of demand on the grid with 113,543 megawatts of power available, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' real-time supply and demand dashboard. One megawatt of electricity can power about 250 homes during peak times.

This would break ERCOT’s current demand record of 85.5 gigawatts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave. ERCOT spokesperson Trudi Webster cautioned that this week’s demand records are preliminary.

What it means: Texans should not expect a grid emergency during this week’s extreme heat.

ERCOT previously projected that demand would surpass 92,000 megawatts this summer, due to high temperatures, moderate rainfall and the growth of data centers.

This week's triple-digit temperatures come during the sunniest parts of the day, allowing the state to rely in part on solar energy to power the grid.