Beaumont, Texas, In Crisis After City Loses Water Supply Indefinitely
My first thought when I read this was ‘welcome to Flint’. I'm sorry for this as it makes an already devastating situation even more so, if not completely impossible. At the same time, I hope this puts a further emphasis on how important water issues in the country are.
“BEAUMONT ― Residents of this city in eastern Texas are desperate for clean water after the main municipal water pumps failed due to flooding.
Beaumont, which has a population of over 100,000 people, lost both its main and secondary water supplies on Wednesday. The storm caused the Neches River to overflow, which damaged the city’s water pumps, according to city officials. The city’s secondary water source, which is located at the Loeb wells in Hardin County, is also offline.
City officials said the outage is indefinite, pending inspection of the damaged pumps, which they are unable to do until the water recedes.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beaumont-texas-water-supply_us_59a803fce4b010ca289a9d69?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
