Inmates and employees alike at the Taney County jail are using bottled water, until test results come back on the drinking water at the facility, that the sheriff says has a funny color to it.

Sheriff Jimmie Russell stopped short of saying the water was contaminated. Russell tells HometownDailyNews.com an elevated mineral count was discovered in the drinking water, and the health department is now running some tests:

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Russell tells HometownDailyNews.com no one has gotten sick from drinking the water.  He says it could be up to 10 days before the test results are known.

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Bottled water is being brought in for inmates and employees alike at the Taney County jail in Forsyth. 

Sheriff Jimmie Russell says an elevated mineral count was discovered in the drinking water at the facility, and the health department is now running tests to determine exactly what mineral was found, and what the source might be.

Russell tells HometownDailyNews.com that no one has gotten sick from drinking the regular water – and the bottled water is just a precaution:

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Russell says it could be ten days before the test results on the drinking water supply are known.

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Tests are being conducted on the drinking water supply at the Taney County Jail, after employees noticed a dark color to the water at the facility in Forsyth.  As a precaution, Sheriff Jimmy Russell has ordered bottled water be brought in to drink for employees and inmates alike.

Russell tells HometownDailyNews.com that no one has gotten sick – the bottled water is strictly a precaution.

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Initial tests indicated an elevated mineral count in the drinking water. Russell says it could be ten days before final results are known.   

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Bottled water is being brought in for inmates and employees alike at the Taney County jail in Forsyth. 

Sheriff Jimmie Russell says an elevated mineral count was discovered in the drinking water at the facility, and the health department is now running tests to determine exactly what mineral was found, and what the source might be.

Russell tells HometownDailyNews.com that no one has gotten sick from drinking the regular water – and the bottled water is just a precaution.

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Tests are being conducted on the drinking water supply at the Taney County Jail, after employees noticed a dark color to the water at the facility in Forsyth.  As a precaution, Sheriff Jimmie Russell has ordered bottled water be brought in to drink for employees and inmates alike.  It could be ten days before final results are known.