City of Alva

Due to unanticipated issues with the scheduled water line tie ins for the new Senior Citizens Center, this work is being rescheduled for Tuesday October 7, 2025, after the school ...

On Friday October 3, 2025, the City of Alva will be tying in the new water lines for the new Woods County Senior Citizen Center. Work will begin after the busses run. The neighb...

All repairs are complete and water service should be returning to normal. If you experience continued low pressure or no pressure, please call 580.748.2685

The City of Alva Water Department is currently working two water line breaks that may cause low to no water pressure to parts of town. Crews speculate the greatest impact w...

All tie ins are finished. Water is being turned back on. If you don’t have any water by 6:30 am, please call 580.748.2685 and we will get someone out to check. All customers...

Not much to update. The rain from last night and the unexpected break this afternoon deteriorated the site conditions requiring crews to take additional safety precautions. This h...

Due to an unanticipated failure of the temporary work from last night, the water line tie in scheduled for 4PM today will begin effective immediately. Customers affected by the ...

Update on ODOT water line relocation project for September 22 When attempting to complete the tie in for the September 22 ODOT waterline relocation, crews discovered the integrit...

All tie ins have been completed and issues resolved. Water should be restored to areas that are still out within the next 30 minutes. Please give it some time as there could be ai...

We sincerely apologize for the lack of communication on the water project. We are aware some are still without water, and we are trying to get answers as to why the water has not ...

Update on the water outage and line installation. We now have 19 contractors on this project and they have 3 crews working simultaneously. They are currently conducting two tie in...

The ODOT water line replacement crew is currently conducting a few of the last tie ins on the water line along Hwy 281 South. Residents on the East side of Hwy 281 South (Myers Dr...

We are currently experiencing a rather large water leak at Flynn St and Valley View. Most residents on the West side of town will experience much lower water pressure as we have t...

Beginning early morning on Monday, 11 August 2025, we will be tying in our new ground storage water tank and placing it into service. This will result in reduced to no water press...

Due to AT&T work on the 600 Block of Barnes St and the 500 Block of College, the trash service couldn't pick up the trash today. They will pick up those residents tomorrow mornin...

Our Street Department is going to begin work on the 1st block of South 4th Street tomorrow, 16 July 2025. To do this work, they are going to have to close that 1st Block to all tr...

Great news! Barnes St between Logan St and Meno St is now open again for traffic. Currently it is only paved with gravel until it has a chance to settle. Then the Street Crew w...

The crews are still working hard to restore water service. We don't have any timeframe for restoration at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Which one of the following wars was the first in which the telegraph was utilized for communications?

Which one of the following wars was the first in which the telegraph was utilized for communications?