‘It’s All About Survival Right Now’: Some North Texans Who Can’t Boil Having Hard Time Finding Bottled Water

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

February 17, 2021

ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – With boil water orders in North Texas cities coming in by the dozens, many people with no power are looking to go the bottled water route, but having a hard time finding it.

“I came to get water, and they’re closed,” said Arlington resident Sylvia Hill, while on a desperate search for water in the bitter cold. “So I’m going to have to go someplace else.”

Many grocery stores aren’t open right now, but empty shelves are becoming a common site at the ones that are, as more and more people are forced to turn to bottled water in this winter storm.

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