Corpus Christi under boil water notice due to E. Coli

[TexasTowelie]

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Corpus Christi water boil advisory will continue until further notice.

Two water samples in Flour Bluff tested positive for E. Coli Thursday prompting a citywide water boil advisory, and additional samples taken in the same area resulted in more positive readings Friday. No other samples across the city have tested positive for the bacteria.

Residents and businesses are advised to boil water at least two minutes before considering it safe for consumption by humans or pets. Hand washing and bathing is ok, so long as the water is not ingested.

Assistant City Manager Gustavo Gonzalez told the Caller-Times earlier Friday city officials have not identified the source of the bacteria.

http://www.caller.com/news/local-news/city-to-announce-water-test-results

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Yeah, lets close down the EPA. At least in Texas.

[AllFieldsRequired]

2. Is this a for profit, private company which controls this water?

Or is this a city entity, run by people who do not have a profit motive?

[TexasTowelie]

3. I believe that it is a city utility in Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi gets the bulk of its water supply from the Nueces River (Lake Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir) with Lake Texana as an auxiliary water supply.

[pansypoo53219]

4. a very good time to have some baked beans or something high roughage.

when milwaukee had cryptosporidium, i had just made some pea soup. my grandma had some + so did i and we got rid of it toot sweet, my aunt did not + imodium bad.

[DhhD]

5. Basic information about E. Coli from the EPA

http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/ecoli.cfm