Texas City Warned Not To Use Water

The residents of a city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas have been warned not to use water from the faucet after a foaming agent was detected in the water supply.
Grand Prairie citizens queued up on Tuesday night to collect water from a distribution center set up in the city hall, after being told not to use their usual water supply, according to Fox 4.
In a post on Facebook by the city’s Municipal Government at 9 p.m., authorities said, “Crews are currently investigating the issue and working to isolate the affected area. If you live north of I20 in Grand Prairie, please avoid using water other than for flushing until further notice. The City will have bottled water distribution stations.”
The account added an update around an hour later that the bottled water was available in the front parking lot of the city hall on Main Street Grand Prairie.
Authorities also provided a map on their website detailing the location spread of the water contamination with the foaming agent.
The Grand Prairie authorities have been contacted by Newsweek for updates on the issue.
The Grand Prairie Independent School District also closed following the announcement, posting on Facebook on Wednesday, “Out of an abundance of caution, GPISD will be closed Wednesday, September 4, 2024, due to the ongoing water issue in the city. All morning extracurricular activities are cancelled as well. We will resume our regular schedule on Thursday.”
The health effects, if there are any, of drinking or using the water, outside of flushing it, have not yet been detailed by the authorities. They have also not yet given a time frame for how long it might take to resolve the problem.
This is not the first time Texas has experienced issues with its water. In February, Houston residents living near a wastewater treatment site were warned not to use their own water supply, after more than 100 gallons of wastewater was spilled into it.
In July, Texas City residents were also told to boil their drinking water after E. coli bacteria was detected in the town’s water supply, ABC 13 reported. It was thought that this could have happened after heavy rain increased the runoff of water into the supply used by residents. The issue was lifted the following morning, allowing the residents to go back to using their water supply.
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