Brian Powers, bpowers@dmreg.com After donating 20,000 gallons of water Monday, Hy-Vee announced its supplier partners Pepsi Beverages Company and Anheuser-Busch LLC will add more than 6,000 gallons of bottled water to southern Iowa communities affected by the ongoing boil advisory.
Bottled water was distributed Friday and Saturday to communities affected by a membrane filtration system failure at Creston’s Twelve Mile Water Plant that has left thousands of Iowans without clean drinking water for more than a week.
This round of donations was supplied to the cities of Macksburg, Murray, Grand River, Ellston, Prescott, Lenox and Nodaway.
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They also brought the water to food pantries and fire departments in nearby communities.
(Photo: Brian Powers/The Register) Customers have been advised to boil their tap water before consuming it.
Officials have cautioned that the city’s water supply may contain bacteria, viruses and parasites that can cause nausea, cramps, diarrhea and headaches.
The tap water is still suitable for bathing and safe for pets and livestock, Dan McIntosh, the general manager of the SIRWA and Creston Water Works’ treatment plant, has previously told the Register.
And the water plant crew has worked 12- and 18-hour days to mitigate the problem, he said.
A SIRWA update Sunday said the City of Creston had flushed the needed water mains and sent samples to a lab in Storm Lake for testing.