DENISON, Texas (KTEN) --  The City of Denison called an emergency City Council meeting Monday evening to address the impact of last week's winter storm.

Council members voted unanimously to extend the winter weather emergency, helping them keep recovery funds coming in.

In the last week, the city has been dealing with 71 water main breaks. Utility workers are frustrated after repairing one break, another leak is found or reported.

"Some of those breaks were 12 and 14-inch lines that are feeding some of our infrastructure that is further away from the central district," said City of Denison spokesperson Aaron Werner.

For days, many in Denison -- and in cities that depend on Denison's water system -- were left high and dry or without safe, clean water. But crews and staff are working around the clock to get water flowing from the faucets.

Now the snow and ice are nothing more than bad memories, and the situation is improving.

"We're not through it yet; we're through the worst of it," said Denison Mayor Janet Gott.

An update at the emergency Council meeting Monday night: All homes and businesses within Denison city limits have safe drinking water, but those outside city limits who rely on Denison's water system aren't out of the woods just yet.

"Portions of the city have had water for longer periods of time before we were able to go through the TCEQ [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality] testing process on those areas," Werner said. "We felt it was more important to go ahead and submit those tests and rescind as much of Denison as possible, and we are working around the clock still on the area that have not been tested yet."

City officials tell KTEN they hope to have the boil order lifted for the entire water system by Tuesday night.

If you see water coming out of the ground, or if all your appliances and sinks are off in your home and the dial on your meter is spinning, there may be a leak or a break. You are urged to call the city to have it fixed.