Seagraves Water Sample Tests Positive For E. Coli
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: September 18, 2012
SEAGRAVES -- A West Texas city has shut off one of its water wells, after water from it tested positive for E. coli.
The Seminole Sentinel reports that a sample from the well tested positive for E. coli on September 11th.
City of Seagraves leaders cut the well off from service after the test.
Officials then flushed and treated the well with a chlorinated solution.
After the well was flushed, Seagraves officials sent the water to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for more testing.
City of Seagraves leaders sent a notice to customers, explaining the situation and their response to it.
The Seminole Sentinel reports that a sample from the well tested positive for E. coli on September 11th.
City of Seagraves leaders cut the well off from service after the test.
Officials then flushed and treated the well with a chlorinated solution.
After the well was flushed, Seagraves officials sent the water to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for more testing.
City of Seagraves leaders sent a notice to customers, explaining the situation and their response to it.
