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Response to Hurricane Katrina
ALERT
Boil Drinking Water
If your water may not be safe, bring drinking water to a rolling boil for 1 minute to kill water-borne diseases.
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9/2/05
EPA continues to send personnel and resources to the affected areas in anticipation of upcoming needs when hurricane damage may begin to be addressed. Current activities are listed below.
MS Assessment Teams
Assessment Teams will continue to conduct assessments and
cleanup oversight in Pascagoula, Moss Point, Bayou Labatre,
Biloxi, and Gulfport. These teams will be comprised of
US Coast Guard, EPA, environmental contractors, and the
state. An assessment team also will investigate information
reported to the MSEOC. EPA ASPECT plane will conduct overflight
from Gulport, MS to Mobile, AL.
AL Assessment Teams
Assessment Teams will continue to conduct assessments and
oversee clean up efforts in Mobile, Mobile Co.and Baldwin
Co. They will also assist with assessments in Pascagoula,
Bayou Labatre, Moss Point, Biloxi, and Gulfport.
Water Division Assistance Team
An EPA Water Division Assistance Team is continuing its assessment
of damage to local drinking water systems in MS and providing
technical assistance to help restore safe drinking water
to those systems. Due to the possibility of extensive damage
to their distribution systems, many drinking water facilities
will be conducting long-term repairs. Community water systems
across AL have been disabled or impaired by loss of electrical
power, with many operating on generators or with partial
power. Due to impaired or disabled systems, EPA reminds
citizens in affected areas to follow “boil water” advisories
in place. For more information, please read the “Boil
Drinking Water” Alert on the Region 4 hurricane web
page at https://epa.gov/region4/Katrina/index.htm
EPA will release information from the environmental assessments as it becomes available. Reporters should contact the EPA Press Office at (404) 562-8327 for interviews and additional information.
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