It’s been over four days since a fire at a water pumping station near Shelby left more than 1,500 people in Shelby, Pottawattamie and Harrison Counties without clean running water. Volunteers distributed donated bottled water all weekend and on Monday, emergency management stepped up their efforts going door to door delivering bottled water to residents in the village of Corely.

Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Londo tells KETV, that bottled water was donated by HyVee and Fareway. Early Friday morning, a fire knocked out a pump in a rural water transfer station. Residents in five rural communities were placed on emergency water shortage status. A smaller pump is slowly feeding the water towers, according to Londo, but a boil order remains in effect until further notice.

Emergency management is leaving extra water at distribution sites in communities. Arrangements are also being made for any livestock producers to fill tanks, especially as temperatures begin to rise. Londo said emergency management is meeting daily with rural water and state officials about the emergency, but it could be days or even weeks before full water capacity is restored.