Free well-water kits offered as floods threaten drinking supplies
TREATMENTS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
PARKINSON'S. INTERESTING.
SO RECORD RAINFALL FLOODED SOME
OF OUR VIEWING AREA THIS WEEK
AND THOSE FLOOD WATERS CAN
CARRY EVERYTHING FROM CHEMICALS
TO HARMFUL BACTERIA. THAT'S A
REAL THREAT FOR PRIVATE.
WELL, OWNERS WRAL'S CLIMATE
CHANGE REPORTER LIZ MCLAUGHLIN
SHOWS US HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE
DRINKING WATER IS SAFE AFTER
A STORM.
>> I'M HERE AT DUKE CAMPUS FARM
IN DURHAM WHERE VOLUNTEERS HAVE
BEEN HANDING OUT.
>> THESE FREE TEST KITS ALL
DAY. IT'S SO HOMEOWNERS CAN
SEE IF THEIR WELL WATER
CONTAINS BACTERIA THAT COULD
MAKE THEM SICK.
>> WORRIED? WELL, OWNERS
STREAMED INTO TESTING SITES
TODAY HOPING TO KEEP FLOOD
WATER FALLOUT OUT OF THEIR
FAUCETS.
>> KEEP MY WELL. WATER TESTED.
AFTER WE. WE LIVE BY CREEK SONG
HAD A LOT OF FLOODING. SO FOR
YOU. TO GET A TEST IT OUT.
>> DURHAM RESIDENT GREG COLD
SAYS HE'S GRATEFUL HALL RIVER
ASSEMBLY, A NONPROFIT WAS
OFFERING THE FREE TESTING AND
THIS WAS GREAT
>> AND ARTISAN IT TO US, YOU
KNOW, SAYING, HEY. YOU CAN GET
TESTED FOR FREE AND THAT ALWAYS
HELPS PAUL RIVER ASSEMBLY.
FIRST STARTED OFFERING THE WELL
TESTING AFTER HELENE. YEAH,
THIS IS WHAT WE SAMPLE FOR AN
ARSON GUIDE PROGRAM. SO WE HAD.
>> EXTRA SUPPLIES THAT WERE
ABLE TO GET OUT.
>> BECAUSE ALL THE RAIN WE HAD
AND A LOT OF FLOODING OCCURRED
IN THE AREA.
>> THE ORGANIZATION WILL OFFER
FREE TEST KITS IN PITTSBORO
AND AT THE SEC'S BEHALF FARMERS
MARKET ON SATURDAY. THE DO IT
YOURSELF KITS TEST ONLY FOR
E-COLI. THE GERMAN HEALTH
OFFICIALS SEE MOST OFTEN AFTER
FLOODS SWAMP SEWER SYSTEMS.
BUT WE SEE WHEN SOMEBODY
BECOMES INFECTED WITH E-COLI
IS.
>> INCREASED RISK FOR DIARRHEA
AND NAUSEA, VOMITING CARD.
MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS THAT WE
SEE WITH THAT IT CAN BE MORE
SEVERE AS WELL. RESULTS ARE
BACK IN 24 HOURS TO GIVE LOCAL
WELL OWNERS, PEACE OF MIND.
>> BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY.
>> AND REMEMBER, DON'T BRING
WATER TO THESE TESTING SITES.
THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE THE
SAMPLE IN THIS MODEL. THEY
PROVIDE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION