Water Crisis Grips El Paso, Texas

Feb. 7, 2011
Water Crisis Grips El Paso, Texas

A water crisis in El Paso, Texas continues today, causing schools to close, car washes and other businesses to shut down and authorities mandating that residents curb water use for a third day, according to the El Paso Times.

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Editor's Insight: News reports have noted that supermarkets and convenience stores have sold out of bottled water due to this water crisis.

Refreshment service operators with large supplies of bottled water should alert their customers they have bottled water available.

In the meantime, refreshment service operators should make copies of these news stories and keep them on file. These stories will come in handy when politicians and activists groups call for banning bottled water. 02-07-11 Elliot Maras