Bottled water goes quickly in city giveaway
Memphis City Council member Rhonda Logan loads a case of bottled water at Raleigh Springs Civic Center Sunday, Feb. 21, one of eight sites where the city distributed free bottled water and soft drinks donated by Coca-Cola. (Daily Memphian/Bill Dries)
William Redd receives a case of water Sunday at Hollywood Community Center, one of eight locations where free water provided by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. was given away. (Karen Pulfer Focht/AP)
Volunteers help distribute free water Sunday at Hollywood Community Center. (Karen Pulfer Focht/AP)
Thousands of bottles of water were given away Sunday at eight locations around Memphis to help residents as the city remains under a boil advisory due to low water pressure and a rash of water main ruptures could lead to contamination. (Karen Pulfer Focht/AP)
Long lines marked most of the eight sites the city operated Sunday, Feb. 21, to give families with no or slow-flowing water a case of bottled water per car.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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