Oklahoma City official provides update on ongoing water issues amid winter storm Share Updated: 10:53 PM CST Feb 17, 2021 Share Updated: 10:53 PM CST Feb 17, 2021
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Show Transcript SAYS INMATES WILL BE GETTING BOTTLES OF WATER AT MEALS. THEY ARE ALSO PUTTING BARRELS ON EACH FLOOR OF THE JAIL TO MANUALLY FLUSH TOILETS. EVAN: AND THESE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE NOT RARE. WE’VE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF YOU WITH LOW WATER PRESSURE OR NO WATER AT ALL. KOCO’S ABIGAIL OGLE JOINING US LIFE WITH AN UPDATE ON RESTORATION HERE, AND, ABBY, ANOTHER UNSAVORY IMPACT THIS IS HAVING. ABIGAIL: WELL, IF EVERYONE WAS WATCHING LAST NIGHT, THE 10:00 NEWS, KOCO 5 NEWS, YOU HEARD FIELD METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG MENTION IT. I TALKED ABOUT THE WATER SHORTAGES AND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE SMELL. SOME OF THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS BEEN RAW SEWAGE. ABIGAIL: TUESDAY NIGHT, FIELD METEOROLOGIST MICHAEL ARMSTRONG REPORTING ON THE IMPACTS FROM THE STORM, INCLUDING WATER-