In yet another episode of \u201cWater Gone Bad,\u201d the small town of Putnam, Connecticut, struggled to keep going while relying on trucked-in water.<\/p>\n
No one knew for sure what happened to contaminate the town\u2019s water supply, but they did know they were relying on water rolling into town in large tankers. Town residents spent four long days finding alternative and creative ways to cook, as well as figuring out how to clean the kids following playtime.<\/p>\n
Many of those residents didn\u2019t have water distillation systems<\/a> in place which could have been used to distill the trucked-in water. The cause of this disruption in everyone\u2019s lives was due to the fact the town found E. coli in the municipal water supply.<\/p>\n The precise source of the bacteria wasn\u2019t pinpointed other than to indicate that the water may have been contaminated with either human or animal waste. E. coli causes headaches, cramps, nausea, diarrhea and a (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In yet another episode of \u201cWater Gone Bad,\u201d the small town of Putnam, Connecticut, struggled to keep going while relying on trucked-in water. No one knew for sure what happened to contaminate the town\u2019s water supply, but they did know…<\/span><\/p>\n