Flooding causes Monday closure at Ector County Courthouse

Apr. 3 — Ector County building and maintenance crews had a busy Monday after flooding caused a full-day closure to the Ector County Courthouse. During a phone interview on Monday morning, Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett said the flooding was caused by a failure in the pop-off valve for the hot water expansion tank. Building and maintenance are still looking into why the valve failed, he said. “We are certainly going to look at why that piece of equipment didn’t do what it was supposed to do and caused all of this,” Fawcett said. “This isn’t the first time this…