April 9, 2019
Several communities along the Missouri River continue to struggle to restore drinking water service weeks after massive flooding swept through the area.
People who live in the affected Nebraska and Iowa towns have had to adjust to boiling water before drinking it or relying on bottled water while officials work to repair the damage. The challenges each town faces after last month's flooding differs, but they share the goal of restoring safe drinking water service quickly.
Last month's flooding caused more than $3 billion damage in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri when spring rain and melting snow combined to overwhelm area rivers and inundate towns and land. But the damage is still being tallied.
