Around 60,000 residents in Grand Prairie are still advised against drinking the city's tap water due to potential contamination. This has now impacted local…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is required to issue an all-clear for the"do not use" order to be lifted
Joe Zavala, owner of Zavala's BBQ in Grand Prairie, has been updating his customers through social media about his establishment's closure. This is the second day he's had to close due to contaminated water.“It’s been a lot of just waiting,” Zavala said. “I feel bad for our employees. They are ready to come to work and I had to say, 'Hey, we can’t do anything.
While firefighters fought a fire on Tuesday, a foam agent backflowed into part of the water system, affecting nearly 60,000 customers north of Interstate 20. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality must issue an all-clear for the"do not use" order to be lifted, and city officials are working to expedite this process.“The city of Grand Prairie's aviation director, just to show you how above and beyond we're trying to go to get this situation resolved, is actually taking samples, water samples and flying them to a lab in Corpus Christi hopefully to get results even faster,” Eric Alvarez with Grand Prairie communications said.
“You know, when we talk about a hazard rating, you know it's something that is a fairly low hazard on the hazard scale,” Roth said.“It’s just out of our hands, right?” Zavala said. “As much as I want to be upset, we can’t. We just have to get the green light and hope that our community comes out and supports us.”
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