FROM THREE SITES CAME BACK
POSITIVE.
A AS RESULT.
LAKE JOHNSON IS NOW ON DAY TWO
OF A BOIL WATER ORDER, OUR
VINCENT PICKS UP THIS TEAM
COVERAGE NOW.
VINCENT, THEY ARE STILL TESTING
THAT WATER TONIGHT.
REPORTER: WELL, THAT IS RIGHT.
HERE IS THE DEAL.
AMOEBA CAN’T LIVE IN CERTAIN
CONDITION CENTRATION OF
CHLORINE.
THAT IS SITES CAME IN BELOW THAT
SO BOIL WATER ADVISORY PUT INTO
EFFECT AND SO NOW THE NATIONAL
GUARD IS HERE HANDING OUT CASE
OF WATER WHILE THE TCEQ AND SY
TRY TO NICKS PROBLEM.
>> TODAY IS DAY TWO OF THE BOIL
WATERED A VAAS ARE IN LAKE
JOHNSON NOW IT IS THEYING THE
COLOR REN RESIDUAL LEVELS IN THE
CITY’S WATER ON DALLY BASIS.
YES I AM ANGRY.
AM HAVING TO BUY WATT OTHER
BOIL.
>> I HOWEVER, OTHERS SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY.
I FEEL DRINKING THE TAP WATER.
OF COURSE, I BOUGHT THREE CASE
OF BOTTLED WATER.
MY WIFE HAS DIFFERENT STORY.
SHE IS A NURSE.
>> KONDRACKEED A BRAIN EATING
AMOEBA AND DIED EARLIER THIS
MONTH AND ON FRIDAY, THE CITY’S
WATER SUPPLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR
MATERIAL WHICH PROMPT ADO NOT
USE WATERED VAAS RY ON SATURDAY
THAN MODIFIED TO A BOIL WATER
ADVISORY ON SUNDAY.
>> WHAT THIS IS TIMELINE TO GET
THINGS BACK TO NORMAL?
>> WELL, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I’M CYST ANTS CITY MANAGER SAYS
THAT NEW TEST RESULT INTERESTS
THE TCEQ SHOW THAT 14 OF THE 15
SIGHS TESTED WERE BELOW THE
CHLORINE LEVEL OF .5 WHICH KILLS
THE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA.
>> THAT TRIGGERS FOR US TO WORK
ON A BOIL WATER WITH NOTICE.
NOW THE CITIES FLSHING OLD WATER
OUT OF THE CITY AND INCREASING
CHLORINE FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
>> THAT IS THE HE IS SENSE OF
TRYING TO CLEAN OUT THE SYSTEM
AND KILL ANYTHING THAT COULD BE
THERE.
HOWEVER, THAT IS CAUSING A TRAIN
ON THE CITY’S WATER MAY HAVE SO
THE CITY’S UNDER A DROUGHT
CONTINGENCY PLAN RESIDENTS
CANNOT WASH THEIR CAR, WATER
THAT YARDANCE MUCH MORE.
WITH THAT INCREASE IN CHLORINE,
HOPES TO LIFT THE WATER AND THE
BOIL WATER ADVISORY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR DAYS.
NEXT TWO TO FOUR DAYS.
REPORTING LIVE IN LAKE JOHNSON.
"KPRC CHANNEL 2 NEWS."
>> THE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA HAS
THE ATTENTION OF STATE LEADERS
AZS
AZ WITHLE WELL.
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ISSUED A
DISASTER DECORATION AND TOMORROW
HE WILL PROVIDE UPDATE ON THE
WATER SUPPLY IN LAKE JOHNSON AND
STREAM THAT 1 30:00 NEWS
CONFERENCE LIVE ON THE WEBSITE
AND MEANWHILE, HOUSE SPEAKER
DENNIS WHO VENTS THAT DISTRICT
JUST HELD A BRIEFING ON THE
WATER SUPPLY.
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES
NOW WITH OUR KEITH GARVIN LIVE
TONIGHT.
KEITH.
REPORTER: KRIS, REACTION FROM
THIS NEWS DOWNRIGHT ANGER,
LEADERS ARE MOVING TO REASSURE
PEOPLE WHO RELY ON THE WATER
SUPPLY.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE WHO REPRESENTS THE
LAKE JACKSON AREA SPOKE AT THE
PORT WATER AUTHORITY BUILDING
ABOUT THE ONGOING ISSUES, HE
PRAISED THE WATER AUTHORITY FOR
THEIR QUICK RESPONSE AND SAYS,
IT IS COMMITTED TO SAFETY.
>> THE WATER IS SAFE.
IT WAS SAFE THEN.
IT IS SAFE TODAY.
BUT THEY DESERVE TO BE COMMENDED
FROM GETTING SA FRANTIC CALL AT
9:30 ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND NOT
TRYING TO EXPLAIN THEY ARE NOT
THE ISSUE NOT RESPONSE.
NOT THEM.
THEY TOOK ACTION BECAUSE THE TOP
PRIORITIES SAFETY.
>> THE BRAIN EATING AMOEBA FOUND
IN THE WATER SUPPLY IS VERY
RARE.
THE FIRST DEATHS FROM THIS
HAPPENED IN 2011 AND 1213 IN
SOUTHERN LOU WITH WEISE AND
FOUND IN 2003 IN UNTREATED WELL
SUPPLY DRINKING WATER TESTIMONY
IN ARIZONA.
IT WAS FOUND INDIES IN FEK TANT
PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
IN ALL YALE IN THE 1970 ANSWER
’80’S AND YOU PA PACK CONDITION