Flooding Denies Des Moines of Water Supply

NPR All Things Considered | July 13, 1993 | Copyright

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NOAH ADAMS, Host: In the state of Iowa, it could be a month before tap water is safe to drink for 250,000 Des Moines residents. Bottled water is being trucked in from as far away as Canada, and the National Guard has set up distribution centers around the city. Two breweries - Strom and Anheuser Busch are even filling beer bottles with water to send to Des Moines. More than two inches of rain fell on that city today, an insult of sorts to the injury caused by weekend downpours that made the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers swell unexpectedly high. The rains ...

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