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"Only bottled water should be used for all drinking, beverage and food preparation (including baby formula and juice), making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes or clothes, washing hands, and bathing until further notice," the release states.
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The City of Corpus Christi has issued a "Discontinue Tap Water" notification.
Due to an unknown chemical substance contaminating the drinking water in the city, officials are urging residents to discontinue use of all tap water supplies until further notice.
City officials say, the case can be traced to a recent backflow incident in the industrial district. Only bottled water should be used for all drinking, beverage, and food preparation. Boiling, freezing, filtering, adding chlorine, or other disinfectants or letting the water stand will not make the water safe to drink.
South Texas Water Authorities informed us that the affected cities so far include; Corpus Christi, Banquete, Agua Dulce, Bishop, Kingsville, Calallen, and Driscoll.
Stores are out or running out of bottled water:
- A Wal-Mart official said local employees called the company's emergency line to get a shipment of bottled water to the store in Flour Bluff. It's unclear when that shipment will arrive.
- All local HEBs are expecting early morning deliveries of bottled water from San Antonio. The Staples and Saratoga location and Moore Plaza location, which are both open 24 hours, sold out of bottled water. All other locations open at 6 a.m. and should have some available bottled water.
Thursday, Dec 15, 2016 · 1:23:21 PM +00:00
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Mayor Dan McQueen emphasized the city's system, in terms of disinfectant, did not fail. City officials say it was a valve in the industrial district. The potential contamination was discovered when an industrial property reported a sheen in the water when washing hands. That happened before 6 p.m. Wednesday. The city is looking at two "petroleum based" chemicals, but officials are not saying which ones or where the first call came from.
The industrial district is north of Interstate 37 and generally between Southern Minerals Road and Nueces Bay Boulevard.