CRESTON, Iowa-This weekend residents in seven southern Iowa counties have been altering their normal routines, due to a lack of drinkable water.
On Friday Southern Iowa Rural Water Association announced that it’s customers in Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union Counties would need to boil water, before drinking.
“We’re just kind of waiting for official word,” said Diagonal Mayor Lowell Johnson.
At noon Sunday there was a long line of people waiting to pickup some bottled water at the Food Pantry.
Most of the Faraway donation of water in Creston was picked up on Saturday.
Organizer Mark O’Riley was worried the word wouldn’t get out about the water to be given to the public.
“Now we ‘ve got rid of it we need more,” said O’Riley.
Restaurants are also dealing with a lack of water.
Some employees were not needed this weekend, due to no salad bar.
The restaurant is buying bottled water and paper plates, and utensils.