'Brain-eating amoeba' kills 29-year-old; CDC testing Texas pool for parasite

One of the more recent occurrences was in Louisiana in 2013-2014, where brain-eating amoeba was found in two municipal drinking water distribution systems. Generally, monitoring programs do not look specifically for brain-eating amoeba, but an investigation was started after a child died due to encephalitis after using a nasal irrigation device

► Sept. 28: Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana water system

► June 2017: Who's to blame for lake's brain-eating amoeba?

► June 2017: Deadly brain-eating amoeba symptoms are difficult to identify

Watch the water?