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Texas County residents can receive testing of their wells following flooding last week, the Texas County Health Department announced.
Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency Nov. 5 after heavy rain swept through the area, damaging bridges and roads and sending flood waters into some businesses and homes.
As a result, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, State Public Health Laboratory, is waiving the private drinking water handling fee for bacteriological water testing of private wells during the declared state of emergency.
Well water testing kits are available at the Texas County Health Department at 950 N. U.S. 63 in Houston. The telephone number is 417-967-4131.
