ABC 13 Houston: “An urgent message is being sent by state authorities about a brain-eating amoeba found in a southeast Texas water supply that impacts thousands of customers. The amoeba, known as naegleria fowleria, prompted a do-not-use advisory Friday for the Brazosport Water Supply. This order means customers should not use water for anything but flushing toilets.”
“Residents of 11 cities have been told not to drink the tap water, not to bathe in it and not to cook with it. The orders were issued for Lake Jackson, Freeport, Angleton, Brazoria, Richwood, Oyster Creek, Clute, Rosenberg, Dow Chemical, TDCJ Clemens Unit and TDCJ Wayne Scott Unit. Approximately 58,000 people are impacted by the advisory which was issued late Friday to Brazosport Water Authority member cities. The CDC says Naegleria fowleria typically affects people when the contaminated water enters their body through their nose. It can travel to the brain and cause a condition known as amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but highly lethal disease, according to health experts.”