Corpus Christi Officials Tell Residents Not To Use Tap Water

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, is warning its residents not to use tap water as officials investigate an unknown chemical.

The Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/2gNBrWS ) reported early Thursday that a city news release blames a recent back-flow incident in the industrial district. Officials are telling residents to use only bottled water until the safety of the tap water can be confirmed.

According to the city’s release, “boiling, freezing, filtering, adding chlorine or other disinfectants, or letting the water stand will not make the water safe.”

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Information from: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, http://www.caller.com

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  1. Oh the good old days when people were warned about hazards. Never fear these will soon end with the Trumpian times.

  2. You know it dannysparentsmom. The new head of the EPA is going to ensure people are safe in three ways:

    1. Remove all job-killing regulations
    2. Cease all federal water-quality monitoring efforts
    3. …oops…

    [Edit] Well, that would have been cute if Perry got EPA, but he got DoE.

    Oops.

  3. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    I guess people need to stop drinking water country-wide for awhile if this is gonna start becoming more common

  4. Vodka? I’m betting on bigly imports.

  5. Avatar for aiddon aiddon says:

    I’ll stick with sake

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