— Jackson grocery stores are stocking up on bottled water on the heels of a water warning from the mayor.
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and other city leaders said Wednesday that pregnant women and children younger than 5 should drink only filtered or bottled water.
Jerry Hayman, the manager at the CashSaver on Raymond Road, has ordered extra water shipments in response.
“I have a full truck to be here tomorrow — an extra delivery.
I don’t usually get a truck on Friday, but they have it ready for me,” Hayman said.
Hayman said when water warnings are issued, stores can sell up to three times more water than usual.
“You go from a gallon of water selling a pallet in two days to selling three pallets in two days,” Hayman said.
The city recently learned from state health officials that the water system is not maintaining the chemical balance needed to prevent lead and copper pipes from corroding, officials said.
Lumumba said no lead has been detected in city pipes.
City officials said they occasionally violated acidity standards between January and June.

Shutterstock TWO major supermarket chains in Spain have removed some lots of bottled water from their stores following a possible case of contamination.
Eroski and Condis stores have withdrawn the bottled water from their shelves after reports that a consumer suffered an irritation of the digestive tract when drinking Aiguaneu water, which is marketed by both chains.
The affected five-litre containers at Condis and the 1.5-litre and five-litre bottles at Eroski brand belong to the same L12-07-21 lot.
The Public Health Agency of Cataluña has advised people to refrain from consuming it while investigations continue.
Condis has withdrawn 9,000 bottles from its stores and has held 5,800 more in the warehouse.
The recall follows a complaint to the Mossos d’Esquadra police but the company that bottles the water, Aigua del Montseny, stressed that it is ‘the only case detected.’ However, the Public Health Agency has verified that some other containers of this same lot had a bad odour when opened and a bad taste.
Therefore, as a preventive measure, the lot in question (L12-07-21) has been removed from sale.
The bottling company said that an internal investigation at the packing plant ‘did not produce any anomalies’ and that ‘the plant has all the appropriate health permits, in addition to international quality certifications’.

GREENFIELD, Iowa — The water in the town of Greenfield still isn’t safe for humans to drink but officials say it could be safe for animals.
On Tuesday Greenfield Municipal Utilities issued a Bottled Water Advisory after blue-green algae was detected in the water system.
Boiling water will not kill the algae so the utility told customers to only use bottled water or water from outside their system for drinking, cooking and feeding animals.
On Wednesday the utility said water tests show the level of microcystin in the water was below the reporting limit.
However there is still turbidity, or small particles, in the water that make it unsafe for humans.
Greenfield Municipal Utilities says the water is safe for pets and livestock to consume.
However they recommend contacting a veterinarian for questions about giving the water to animals.
The utility says it will flush its entire water system today and then test the water again before lifting the advisory.
Hy-Vee, Casey’s and Fareway have all donated bottled water to be distributed for free in the community.

Video GREENFIELD – The city of Greenfield issued a bottled water advisory Tuesday morning.
Officials say there may be algae in the drinking water.
Lake Greenfield is the main water source for the town.
"We’ve had some algae bloom in our lake that has broken through our filter system, and that has caused some turbidity," said Scott Tondurem, the general manager of Greenfield Municipal Utilities.
Businesses all over Greenfield are feeling the impact of the breach in their water supply.
At Hotel Greenfield, Cassie Young had some extra work to do after the city issued a bottled water advisory.
You just can’t ingest the water," Cassie Young, Hotel Greenfield says.
They loaded up on bottled water and paper plates to prepare for the next few days.
And for Cassie, she says it’s all about being proactive for their guests.
The city says it will continue to reassess its need in the coming days.

Residents of the Falcon Highlands Metro District are being warned to boil tap water before drinking it, making ice, brushing teeth, washing dishes or preparing food until further notice.
The district had a “booster station failure” Monday that resulted in a significant loss of pressure in the drinking water system, according to a notice posted on the district’s website.
“A loss of system pressure can introduce disease-causing organisms into the water system,” the warning read.
“These organisms include bacteria, viruses and parasites, which can cause short-term effects, such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea and associated headaches.” Residents are instructed to bring all water to a boil for three minutes and let it cool before using or rely to bottled water.
Infants, expectant mothers, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems may be at an increased risk and should seek a physician’s advice before drinking the water, the warning said.
The district said they will inform residents when tests show bacteria levels have dropped and boiling can stop.
In the meantime, officials are flushing the system.
Officials expect the issue to be resolved Thursday.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline can be contacted at 1-800-426-4791.

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — When the temperature heats up, calls get even tougher for firefighters.
Joel Bain with the Midwest City Fire Department said hydration is key.
"So we really push them to drink five to eight bottles of water a day when they’re here at the fire department."
"So it goes fast when it’s hot."
President Mike Alexander said he wants to help out firefighters.
Alexander said this is so important for firefighters as it gets hotter.
He encourages everyone to stop by the car show and also bring cases of water.
The car show is taking place at Heritage Plaza in Midwest City.
That’s off of Air Depot.
It runs from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Solutions range from bottled water to temporary connection to water mains.
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said: "An adequate supply of drinking water is something that most of us take for granted.
"We are determined to ensure that no one goes without drinking water because of the current dry spell.
For this reason, I have confirmed to local authorities and Scottish Water that the Scottish government will cover the additional costs incurred where emergency supplies need to be provided."
Most of those with private water supplies live in rural areas in the north-east and south-west of Scotland.
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He told BBC Scotland: "The water is in dire straits really, we need to get rain pretty quickly and we need to get some heavy rain.
Mr Tulloch’s supply comes from a spring and he believes it will run completely dry within a week.
‘No immediate concerns’ It is then pumped to a water treatment facility which supplies 20,000 properties in Moray.
Residents who think they might be affected are asked to contact their local authority to seek assistance.

SOUTHEASTERN NC (WWAY) — Chemours plans to install and maintain whole house granular activated carbon filtration systems for residents whose drinking water wells show high levels of GenX.
According to a news release from Chemours, the GAC pilot filtration program has been a success.
The company plans to install the filtration system in homes where wells tested above the provisional health goal of 140 parts per trillion for GenX.
“We’re committed to making whole-house GAC filtration systems available now to impacted residents, at no cost to them, to ensure they can turn on any faucet and access drinking water throughout the entire house without concern.” Long said that results of pilot studies of the GAC filtration units requested by the NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) prove without a doubt that GenX and all similar compounds from drinking water.
The most recent data from each of the six pilot locations showed that all tested substances were at undetectable levels after carbon filtration in every pilot site.
In fact, GenX concentrations are being removed to 100 times less than the 140 ng/L health goal.” DEQ selected the six pilot sites and an independent laboratory has conducted sampling biweekly at each property to analyze the effectiveness of the filtration units over time in removing GenX and similar compounds.
That locally collected data support previous available studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of granular activated carbon filtration in removing GenX and similar compounds.
Chemours says the offer is unconditional and requires no commitments, costs or obligations to homeowners other than agreeing to have the systems installed on their property and coordinating with the company’s installation and sampling teams to complete their work.
The company has been providing delivery of bottled drinking water to impacted homeowners.
Impacted residents who decline the GAC filtration offer will continue to receive home delivery of bottled drinking water or, should they prefer as an alternative to bottled water, will receive a Lowes or Home Depot gift card for use in purchasing an under-the-sink reverse-osmosis treatment unit.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese artist Brother Nut can point to some success from his Beijing exhibit that used 10,000 bottles of yellowish water to raise awareness of contaminated rural ground water, although it did not go down so well with Beijing authorities.
While it has stepped up clean-up projects in recent years, environmental activists say awareness of the issue lags far behind that of air pollution, while enforcement of quality standards is patchy.
“People have focused more on air pollution, because smog is easy to spot.
He uses a pseudonym and says he does not want to use his real name to “protect” himself.
So in June, he set out to change things.
Xiaohaotu residents say the water is contaminated with pollutants.
While that prompted the environmental bureau covering Xiaohaotu to launch an investigation and oil giant Sinopec to partly stop drilling in a gas field residents say is the source of the contamination, Beijing authorities took a dim view of the art and confiscated most of the bottles.
When Brother Nut took the remaining bottles and his exhibit on the road, local officials pounced to confiscate them, saying he had parked illegally and was driving without a license.
He even tried to organize a heavy metal concert in Xiaohaotu on land he says was “deeply contaminated by heavy metals”, to raise awareness.
Huabei oil-and-gas company, the Sinopec subsidiary in charge of the project, declined to comment and referred Reuters to an online statement announcing that drilling had been partly suspended pending the outcome of the environmental investigation.

FLINT (WJRT) – (7/15/2018) – Residents have seen a decrease in the amount of bottled water made available to them over the past few months.
Skid, which she is called in the derby community, said it wasn’t the teams first donation to Flint and won’t be the last.
The church serves as a weekly distribution site on Saturdays from noon until supplies run out.
And the roller derby community wants to make sure enough people are provided with water.
The derby community is always very community oriented, very giving oriented," said Brian "Ocho" Thomas, who plays a big part in the derby community in Michigan.
"People who have come here and seen Flint want to help," said Ocho.
"We’re in this together, is the biggest thing with Flint.
The Bombshells weren’t the only group that delivered some water Sunday.
Lapeer County Demolitia Derby Queens helped out as well with around a hundred cases of bottled water.
In a few weeks the derby community will be again getting involved with the Flint water crisis as the Chicago Knockouts will travel to the Vehicle City to donate over 2000 bottles of water.