DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Members of the Iowa National Guard will travel to a flooded community near St. Louis to provide clean water for residents.
The office of Gov. Terry Branstad announced Thursday that about 45 members of the Iowa Guard will travel in 20 vehicles to High Ridge, Missouri, to provide water purification and water transportation services.
The Guard members will bring equipment capable of purifying 1,500 gallons of clean water an hour as well as 15 tanks that can each hold 2,000 gallons of water. They will arrive in Missouri on Friday.
The state of Missouri requested the help after a treatment plant was contaminated by flooding. The plant serves about 6,500 customers in High Ridge and Murphy, Missouri.
The Iowa Guard members are based in Johnston, Cedar Rapids and Oelwein
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