My girlfriend and I learned about this last night as we from one fast food place to another. As we searched to satisfy our fast-food cravings, we found employees sticking signs on the doors: "Sorry. Closed due to water contamination." At first, I thought it was because someone washed their hands for a change, but then we noticed the finer eateries in town shutting off their lights as well.
We immediately went to that super store savior, Wal-Mart, to stock up on water. Surprisingly, no one else was there to join us in the hording of precious H2O. I guess only restaurant employees in the town knew about the crisis. Too bad. In any case, we now have a 3-day water supply while living in 'dry' town.
Anyone need a gallon? Only $50!
Update: One of my neighbors is one of the town's aldermen. This morning, he said that when the water department had tested the water at one house in another nearby Spring Lake neighborhood on Wednesday, it failed the purity check. Yesterday, when the water department tested the same water source again, it passed the test. However, the water at a home located a few doors away failed the quality assessment.
So, the county regulation required that an alert be issued (shutting down all the local restaurants) and water samples had to be sent to an independent lab for analysis. The lab is expected to release the results this evening.
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