Being on our local water board, I am sensitive to stories about other water systems. This one takes the cake.
From the New Orleans, LA CBS affiliate WGNO:
St. John Parish drinking water tests positive for brain-eating amoeba
More than twelve and a half thousand people in St. John parish are at risk of a brain eating amoeba detected in the water system.
A water sample taken two weeks ago by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals tested positive for the potentially deadly amoeba called Naegleria fowleri.
Residents in Reserve, Garyville and Mt. Airy have been advised to take precautions.
Talk about poor water quality - they should have been monitoring a bit more closely. With our little system (200 houses and 30 businesses) we are checking every couple months and regularly flush the pipes.
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