We arrived home from Arizona to find that Alamosa was in the throes of a salmonella outbreak. Jamie brought a note home from school that emphasized proper hand-washing. We soon learned that several of our playgroup friends had been diagnosed with salmonella. Last week it was determined that the source of the salmonella was the city water supply and Alamosa has been on water restrictions since Wednesday.
This is one of the many "mountains" of water you can now find in almost every Alamosa store. Currently, city water can be boiled to kill the salmonella but next week the city will begin the chlorination flushing process. The chlorination concentration in the water during this process will be so high that people are being instructed to use bottled or bulk water for bathing, dishwashing, teeth brushing, laundry, hand washing, cooking...basically everything except flushing toilets. The stores stocked up on bottled water and the National Guard has been called in to distribute water to city residents, so water will be available. I dare you, however, to find a bottle of Germ-X at any store in Alamosa!**We have our own well so, thankfully, we are not affected by this water situation.
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