Texas Officials Lift Deadly Brain-Eating Microbe Water Warning For All Cities But One
On Friday evening (Sept. 25), Texas officials found naegleria fowleri, a deadly brain-eating microbe, in the water supply of Brazosport Water Authority (BWA), forcing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to issue a water warning. As of Saturday, officials have now lifted the advisory for all cities, but one.
Prior to the lifting, the Do Not Use Water Advisory was initially issued for more than 27,000 residents of Lake Jackson, Freeport, Angleton, Brazoria, Richwood, Oyster Creek, Clute, and Rosenberg, Texas, and also for the Dow Chemical plant in Freeport and the Clemens and Wayne Scott Texas Department of Criminal Justice corrections facilities. Since, every area mentioned has been cleared, except Lake Jackson.
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Additionally, Lake Jackson officials have now issued a disaster declaration, urging residents to refrain from using their water until the BWA completes a thorough flush of its water system. Officials were initially alerted of the problem after a 6-year-old boy was hospitalized with the amoeba on September 8, and later died. The transmission was traced back to either a water fountain “splash pad” at the Lake Jackson Civic Center, or via water emitted from a hose at the child’s home.
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*UPDATE* Do Not Use Water Advisory LIFTED for most Brazosport Water Authority users
Lake Jackson residents are still urged to heed DO NOT USE Water Advisory. https://t.co/QEJ0uTNGUi pic.twitter.com/N8f1wVxnfT
— Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (@TCEQ) September 26, 2020