Water Shortage Toledo

Polly's Country Market on 2119 Ferganson Road has been almost sold out of bottled water because of the shortage in Toledo on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. (Brian J. Smith | MLive.com)

(Brian Smith)

JACKSON, MI — Due to a state of emergency declared in Toledo after toxins were found in the water supply, some Jackson area stores are watching their weekend water supply dwindle away.

Polly's Country Markets is reporting that its Brooklyn store is wiped out of water, and the supplies at the Chelsea, Adrian and Jackson stores is dropping.

Hunter Sullivan is the store director at the Ferguson Road store and said his store should be OK for the rest of the day, with an additional delivery coming on Sunday, Aug. 3.

"The 1-gallon containers are getting hit really hard right now," he said. "We'll wait and see if our supply lasts today, but the problem is everyone coming from out of town and state and filling up.

"Luckily with the Relay for Life, Run or Dye and the How Bazaar events going on this weekend we were bulked up and prepared for a busy weekend."

Sullivan said the Meijer and Walmart stores in Jackson are going through the same situation, as people have gone down the line to find water to bring back to the Toledo area.

Corey Kennedy, the store director for Polly's in Chelsea, said his water aisle has been completely packed with people since 9 a.m. Saturday.

"We're almost all out here. By 5 p.m. everything will be gone," Kennedy said. "This is pretty crazy; people that couldn't get water in Ann Arbor or anywhere else have come here.

"I have an emergency delivery coming tomorrow so we'll see if Sunday is as bad as today was."