HOUSTON – If there’s one thing that can get a whole neighborhood in the street in 100 degree heat, it’s this: “That’s worms!”
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‘That’s worms! That is so worms!’ resident Tammy Early exclaimed to KHOU.
“The water company is not communicating with us at all as far as any direction or what they’re doing they just told us the chlorination went out and they had an electrical problem”, Landry said.
“This water was coming out of the bathroom faucet”, said Tara Miles, who held up a bottle of water with several worms floating inside.
People living in the town say they will not be drinking, bathing, or washing until it’s confirmed that the water is clear from worms.
“This is gross”, Cook told the news station. Devault answered, “All of them”.
It’s been going on for a couple of days now.
But the company says it tested the water several times and found no sign of worms. However, as a precaution the entire system will be flushed, chlorinated and a boil water notice is now in place. They’re blaming some other source, like the pipes. “There’s nothing coming from our pipes”. State officials say someone will be out here to take samples on friday.
Dozens of households in the Houston suburb of Old River-Winfree found the little red critters wriggling in the bath water and tea kettles starting Tuesday morning.
For now the city is offering bottled water to residents.
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Cook and city officials have called the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the state agency that oversees the local water company.
