No Earlier Concerns After Microbe Found

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other state officials listen to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality executive director Toby Baker talk about steps to be taken so water is safe again for the community of Lake Jackson, Texas on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. A Houston-area official says it will take 60 days to ensure a city drinking water system is purged of a deadly, microscopic parasite that led to warnings over the weekend not to drink tap water. Lake Jackson City Manager Modesto Mundo said Monday that three of 11 samples of the city’s water indicated preliminary positive results for the naegleria fowleri microbe. (Marie D. De Jess/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Texas officials said Tuesday that water samples taken earlier this year from a Houstonarea community did not raise concerns before the detection of a deadly, microscopic parasite, which doctors believe killed a 6yearold boy.

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