Transcript for Corpus Christi Turns to Emergency Bottles After Chemical Taints Water Supply

Well deep into the holiday baking season more than 300000 residents of Corpus Christi, Texas. I have been told not to use their tap water indefinitely. The mayors blaming a third party saying a chemical that is used a -- supply asphalt leaked into the city's water supply. I residents are being told until only use bottled water for everything from cooking to bathing. And that boiling or freezing the tap water will not make it safe how frustrate.

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