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Corpus Christi residents can’t use their tap water until further notice.
12/15/2016 03:53 pm ET
"Corpus Christi, Texas — known as the Sparkling City by the Sea — is not living up to its nickname. Again.
The city announced on Wednesday night that a back-flow incident in its industrial district had possibly contaminated drinking water with an “unknown chemical substance.”
City officials said Thursday during a news conference that the chemical had been identified as Indulin AA86, an asphalt emulsifier, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported.
As a result, the city is telling its more than 320,000 residents to not use its tap water at all — to avoid using it to prepare food, shower or wash dishes or clothes — until advised otherwise. The city called on residents to use bottled water instead, which has caused many stores to sell out of water.
Classes at area schools were also canceled Thursday as a result of the water ban.
Officials expect results from a water test to come back on Thursday afternoon, according to the city’s website, and they are currently considering water distribution options.
Residents took to Twitter to document long lines of customers who rushed to buy water..."
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