Corpus Christi to residents: Don't drink the water

Story highlights

• Residents suggested to keep away from faucet water till additional discover
• Incident in metropolis's industrial district might have contaminated water provide

The town of 324,000 on the Gulf of Mexico suggested individuals to keep away from utilizing faucet water following an incident in its industrial district. Corpus Christi issued a information launch late Wednesday advising residents to keep away from faucet water in "an abundance of warning and till outcomes can affirm water security."

The discharge stated a "current back-flow incident" within the industrial district presumably brought about the contamination, however it didn't title the trade or present additional particulars on what occurred. The town said it's working with native trade, state regulators and consultants to take care of the issue.

Corpus Christi suggested residents to make use of solely bottled water for regular actions together with consuming, cooking, bathing and brushing enamel. The town warned that boiling, freezing, filtering or taking different actions wouldn't make the water protected.

Individuals reacted to the advisory on social media, with one particular person urging town to offer bottled water to residents, and one other posting a photograph of a bottle of water and dubbing it a "Corpus Christi bathe."

"They're hoping to get it resolved inside 24 hours," stated Zach Kastelic, who moved from Kansas Metropolis to Corpus Christi in September and is the partnership activation coordinator for the Corpus Christi Hooks baseball staff, the Double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros.

"Lots of colleges and companies are closed immediately. They assume it is a petroleum-based chemical that bought into the water system yesterday afternoon," Kastelic informed CNN Thursday morning.

"Many grocery shops bought out of water final evening and early this morning however emergency shipments of water simply arrived at some native H-E-B areas," he added, referring to a Texas chain of grocery shops. "Individuals (are) ready in aisles with their grocery carts prepared for them to place out the brand new water shipments."