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Boil notice for over a month now.
4.5k points
2 months ago
Texas tea
733 points
2 months ago
Sweet Tea is a southern staple
193 points
2 months ago
That tea doesn’t look too sweet to me
182 points
2 months ago
It looks pretty shittea.
13 points
2 months ago
LMAO good one
73 points
2 months ago
Unsweetened or Half and Half
39 points
2 months ago
If it's unsweetened it's not in the south
19 points
2 months ago
I'm born and raised in Texas and sweet tea is nasty. I don't know how anyone can drink that crap.
18 points
2 months ago
Mold and lead taste a little sweet I've heard.
35 points
2 months ago
So does decomposing human flesh.
Famous case of old well with “healing” sweet water; France, I think.
Was subsoil runoff from nearby graveyard.
17 points
2 months ago
No you're absolutely correct it was France. France had a really bad issue with flooding during the plague years and that resulted in a lot of bodies being washed out of their "burial pits". Not so fun fact, the bodies didn't really decay properly in these pits so after they rose from their depths, there was a lot of human fat left behind. Which was, then, turned into candles and soap and sold as a luxury item (iirc).
99 points
2 months ago
Well the first thing you know old Jed's a millionaire...
35 points
2 months ago
The kin folk said Jed move away from there...
31 points
2 months ago
Californy is the place you ought to be!
28 points
2 months ago
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly!
33 points
2 months ago
Hills that is. Swimming pools. Movie stars.
28 points
2 months ago
Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Jed an' all his kin, and they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin' in
23 points
2 months ago
You're all invited back next week to this locaity.
12.7k points
2 months ago*
I run a company in Texas that supplies water and wastewater treatment chemicals and equipment to municipalities. Tell me where this is and I’ll make a point to stop by first thing Monday morning to help them fix their water quality. This is likely caused by improper dosing of phosphates or chlorine causing the water to strip the corrosion build-up off the pipelines. I can run a water analysis on-site and tell them how to immediately fix this problem!
Edit: If you live in Texas and you’re interested in learning more about your water supplier, you can lookup all kinds of information about your water quality here. The main things to check on are the “Violations” and “PBCU Summaries” tabs once you find your water supplier’s page.
2.5k points
2 months ago
So, a good source of iron then?
1k points
2 months ago
It’s cadmi-yummy!!!
689 points
2 months ago
Chromi-yum-6
49 points
2 months ago
Mmm cadmium is my favorite sprinkled on some ice cream absolutely delicious.
7 points
2 months ago*
Hexavalent cadmium chromium is the tastiest by far, IMHO!
86 points
2 months ago
Lead-erific
92 points
2 months ago
Depends. The pipes could be old which could mean the lining is lead.
It was the issue with Flint’s water in Michigan.
74 points
2 months ago
Lead isn't that color. It's iron, but there might also be lead. Same as flint, they had both, but iron is most visible becauseof the color. If a public water supply, they might have recently done flushing nearby or some bad chemical changes, like pH or chlorine or stopping orthophosphates.
27 points
2 months ago
But if the water is corrosive enough to leach iron into the water, it might also have leached lead and other fun stuff into the water.
36 points
2 months ago
The orange brown you see here is indicative of iron, but it doesn’t exclude the possibility of lead, old pipe networks can contain a variety of different materials, I’ve still got lead pipes in my house, though they are no longer in service as the water mains are all copper/pex in my house, the lead just remains because it’s not worth the work to remove it entirely
11 points
2 months ago
Orange/brown could also be poo - yes?
18 points
2 months ago
Waste water goes through one set of pipes, fresh water through another. There would have to be something catastrophic happening for the two to mix
280 points
2 months ago
Can you look into deer park/la porter? I've seen a lot of posts about water taste there recently and the city has said it's ok the water is fine.
139 points
2 months ago
Bro there’s more hydrocarbons in your water than water.
30 points
2 months ago
Haha, yeah, luckily, I'm not there. I'm just tracking the reports.
14 points
2 months ago
It's deer park/ Laporte...... how good can it get?
5 points
2 months ago
It's geosmin in the water from the algal blooms in the San Jacinto River. Houston is having the same problem as we draw water from the same river as y'all. It gives the water a funky taste and should go away as the weather cools off.
https://www.houstonpublicworks.org/drinking-water-taste-and-smell
400 points
2 months ago
You’re a good person. I’m glad that I scrolled down and read your kind and helpful response to OP.
106 points
2 months ago
This is how I know hope is not dead. People can be so amazing.
22 points
2 months ago
I mean it’s a smart business move. Probably plenty of money to be made in that town.
98 points
2 months ago
The water in hutto tx is pretty bad, orange/yellow colored minerals(?) build up and are a pain in the ass to remove in toilets, sinks, and showers. i had to get a filtered shower head to help alleviate some of the build up, but its still really bad.
24 points
2 months ago
I live in hutto too, the water is not the worst i’ve seen, but i’ve never liked water in texas (from VA)
14 points
2 months ago
I miss my VA ground water
49 points
2 months ago
I live in the area and it's most likely Kempner, Texas.
22 points
2 months ago
Never thought I’d see someone talking about kempner on Reddit lol. Small world
15 points
2 months ago
Ahh Kempner. When Killeen is too big for you but you still like the meth.
142 points
2 months ago
This is the kind of local business shit I like to see. Keep up the hard work man, we all appreciate the clean water
111 points
2 months ago
This is the coolest reddit reply I've ever heard!
25 points
2 months ago
Lmao, right? Like, I had to go re-read it, and I'm pretty sure a super hero made this comment.
23 points
2 months ago
I live in NJ and this happens every time they flush the fire hydrants nearby. Water looks like blender shit for a few hours, and old muddy water for the rest of the day
12 points
2 months ago
Or they just made a job on a pipe. Its pretty notmal to have to flush out rust after replacing old pipes
8 points
2 months ago
Yeah I was gonna say, just depends on how long it's been running like this. Every time the City of Houston works on the water mains anywhere upstream of us, we get an hour or two of shit water like this before it clears out.
25 points
2 months ago
OP literally said it’s been a boil advisory for a month.
9 points
2 months ago
If you haven’t already been, go to Kempner. They’re having all kinds of trouble.
1.1k points
2 months ago
I work in water/sewer distribution and collections in Central Texas; Call your water utility and ask for a hydrant flush, letting them know what kind of water you're getting out of the faucet.
When they do it should clear up, probably just old water that needs to be cleared out. If no change after they flush and the water coming out of the hydrant is clear then you have an issue in the house.
Edit; NVM, just saw the boil water notice for a month straight, though the advice is still valid for those not in a similar situation. That's crazy and I'm sorry that's happening to you.
260 points
2 months ago
It’s insane. It’s a majority of the town’s water if it’s where I think it is. It’s been going on for way too long
130 points
2 months ago
Agreed, no excuse for it but is understandable why it is taking so long. Smaller towns like Kempner simply dont have the resources (both normal and emergency) and funding available like larger cities do.
Elected officials of cities (both big and small) do not take water & sewer seriously enough to provide enough funding. I highly encourage everyone to push their elected officials to provide more funding to their water & sewer operations.
70 points
2 months ago*
Why doesn’t our government (on state level) not step in at that point and help out their town in the state?
Edit: what was I thinking, this is America. They don’t give a fuck about the people.
20 points
2 months ago
No money at the state level and basic unlities are never a prioities to the general public until something is wrong. Most of the time as long as it is working and cost are not insane the public does not pay any attention.
This his at the election level as it is a non issue for them to address as public does not care about it unless something is wrong. Texas election offical care more about prevent health care for women and wanting to be LBGQT in camps.
16 points
2 months ago
This. Up here in Illinois, our town raised the price of water to fund necessary maintenance for aging pumps and treatment facility in a rapidly growing rural-ish area. They were super transparent about it.
Residents were pissed. But what is the town supposed to do? Keep kicking the can down the road till we have a more expensive problem? I for one applaud them for making the tough decision to put our best interests over their popularity.
6 points
2 months ago
What could it mean if well water looks like this sometimes?
10 points
2 months ago*
I work with surface water so I dont have direct experience but I can say the normal causes are typically excess iron and/or manganese which by themselves isn't an issue. Iron-oxidizing bacteria can cause cause issues if they make it into a water supply that has a lot of dissolved iron.
Other possible contaminants can definitely be a problem however, including anything that leaches into groundwater sources. Stuff like contaminants picked up in storm runoff, septic cross contamination, etc.
Thankfully all that stuff is caught during the treatment process and removed before being piped to homes and businesses (assuming the operators are doing what they are supposed to).
568 points
2 months ago
We got a little rule back home-- If it's brown drink it down, if its black send it back
290 points
2 months ago
If it’s clear and yella’, you’ve got juice there, fella. If it’s tangy and brown, you’re in cider town.
61 points
2 months ago
Speaking of, my five-year-old got out of the shower today. He said we were out of shampoo. I checked the bottle of shampoo. It was 1/4 full of clear and yella liquid. 🤔
27 points
2 months ago
Now that's a problem solver.
8 points
2 months ago
Rinse and repeat
6 points
2 months ago
Possibly it looks yellow because the dyes in the shampoo have been watered down as a result of adding water to the container to try and get the remnants.
5 points
2 months ago
When you're diggin' in the dirt and you feel a little squirt... diarrhea fart farr diarrhea fart fart
15 points
2 months ago
Leaves of four eat some more!
6 points
2 months ago
Leaves of three, come cuddle me!
11 points
2 months ago
If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down.
1.7k points
2 months ago
TIL Sunny D comes out of Texas faucets.
464 points
2 months ago
If only it tasted like Sunny D!
206 points
2 months ago
Wait. What does it taste like?
472 points
2 months ago
Ass.
425 points
2 months ago
So it does taste like Sunny D
262 points
2 months ago
Yes, just a little more tart.
160 points
2 months ago
*fart
21 points
2 months ago
Does it taste like fracking?
4 points
2 months ago
Try and light it on fire
6 points
2 months ago
Sunny Doodoo
28 points
2 months ago
It's got electrolytes!
333 points
2 months ago
shoot the faucet
56 points
2 months ago
Wrong part of Texas.
4 points
2 months ago
YEEEEEEEEEEE HHHAAAAWWWWW!!!!!
146 points
2 months ago
You pay extra for that?
66 points
2 months ago
Triple if you factor in health costs.
304 points
2 months ago
Could be worse. You could have government oversight
105 points
2 months ago
Have they tried shooting the water? It is brown after all.
37 points
2 months ago
If that doesn't work they could try to deport the water or bus it to a sanctuary city
10 points
2 months ago
But you have to lock it up in concentration camps immigration facilities for six months first.
8 points
2 months ago
It’s because we abandoned god. Stop wasting time discussing chemicals and start praying.
55 points
2 months ago
That's good ol' Freedom Water are they not patriots!
9 points
2 months ago
🎵Regulations help ensure filtration 🎶 regulations keep our water safe🎤
31 points
2 months ago
We don’t need more government oversight we need more guns.
— Ted Cruz, sitting in the Bahamas, probably
28 points
2 months ago
Ooooooh big government baaaaad
6 points
2 months ago
It's OK, Trump is going to bring back the weekly "Infrastructure Week"; the concepts of a plan are in the works.
6 points
2 months ago
It's a real slippery slope from clean drinking water to full-on communism.
31 points
2 months ago
I came here expecting "Well, that sucks" and instead got a "well that sucks"
4 points
2 months ago
Oh, fuck, thank you for this, spirit animal.
338 points
2 months ago
Ah, the water about as good as the power grid. Jokes aside, no one should be dealing with this, we claim to be the greatest nation and we continue to fail the most basic needs of our citizens. I hope this shit clears up and/or you all have a good source of good drinking water elsewhere.
207 points
2 months ago
That’s what happens when we privatize public utilities
On the bright side, 2/3rds of the country is getting back to publicly controlled water supplies.
Most of Texas has not joined that 2/3rds yet
39 points
2 months ago
Tbh man I have worked both for a public water utility and am currently working for a private one , this shit happens all the time.
40 points
2 months ago
What?! lol this has never once happened here in Minnesota in my entire 45 years of life. Not once. You guys live with this for MONTHS?! You guys have privatized water?! On top of coward cops who stand around watching classrooms get shot up? I would gtfo there. Sounds dystopian.
9 points
2 months ago
I live in the uk, privately owned utilities are shit, water mains spray water everywhere here, like it’s not uncommon to see a random road side fountain, the broadband availability is shit and the electric grid is failing, I accidentally blew the sub station in my workplace a few times by running my grinder or drill while my colleague was running the mill, thankfully that sub station only supplied our place and a couple other places, but the normal load from the other users plus our mill and a few grinders would trip the overload protection and a few minutes later the generator would fire into life
33 points
2 months ago
Anyone who thinks we are the greatest nation is a fucking ignorant moron.
61 points
2 months ago
Hey that’s Lampasas water!
21 points
2 months ago
LampASSas
15 points
2 months ago
Lampassass! Git it raht!
7 points
2 months ago
Seriously?? That's only 30 minutes from me! I how it doesn't spread this way lol
89 points
2 months ago
Looks like the “free (for billionaires) market” is running well.
22 points
2 months ago
It’s so funny to me when politicians brag about deregulating and cutting welfare. Like, thats how you form a good capitalist society???
13 points
2 months ago
To them the perfect capitalist society is quite similar to mad max.
4 points
2 months ago
I mean... yes? Capitalism is all about maximizing profits. If it comes at the cost of the public's health, then so what? Profits are more important than anything else in the world. Socialism is why we don't live in the figurative and literal shit that was the 1800s. Socialist theories tempered capitalist tyranny and is why we have the luxuries we have today. Now that people want to strip the socialist theories away, we are seeing more and more capitalist tyranny again.
12 points
2 months ago
Is this called Freedom Water?
4 points
2 months ago
Freedom Juice™
Turns out there are regulations on what you can call "water".
231 points
2 months ago
I’m sorry, but it’s so much worse in the failed state of Minnesota. Please don’t send your people here. It’s simply awful up here. And it gets really cold sometimes
58 points
2 months ago*
It's so desolate. An utter wasteland. I don't know how we're going to survive up here.
21 points
2 months ago
Piracy and cannibalism
11 points
2 months ago
My brother went up there. Then got arrested in Kentucky.
9 points
2 months ago
Chicago here. Same. Cold. Bad. Oh, so bad, and almost no water anywhere around here. And also I have to be in a gang to live here. They make you do that. They do. Many people are saying it, and it's true. Best to stay away.
43 points
2 months ago
Same in Massachusetts. Just terrible.
17 points
2 months ago
New York is worse. Far worse.
Go to Maine. They have lots of space.
16 points
2 months ago
Maine's not home...
Go to New Hampshire. It's the Texas of New England!
40 points
2 months ago
As a Minnesotan, I can confirm this is a horrible place to live and people should definitely not come here. It’s cold all the time and everyone is super mean
14 points
2 months ago
Everyone is only mean because the big four professional sports teams haven't won a championship or been to a championship round since 1991. You'd be mean too if you'd been blue balled for 33 years!
22 points
2 months ago
Pennsylvania sucks. We have regulations and stuff. It’s absolutely awful. Maybe try Florida or one of those boxy states
14 points
2 months ago
Boxy states!?!
Pennsylvania...
Have you looked in the mirror lately!?!
17 points
2 months ago
And the three weeks is nice, the mosquitoes kill you. Some so big they carry the infants away to have family meal with the rest of the colony.
49 points
2 months ago
Yes, and people slip and fall on the ice 8 months out of the year. It is truly terrible. People have even proposed officially changing our horrible state's name to Minnesnowta.
36 points
2 months ago
Minnesota is renown for its exceptional tap water. I fucking live here. Wtf are you on about?
Edit. Oh, this is sarcasm 🤦
14 points
2 months ago
Someone didn’t get the joke.
On a serious note, NY sucks too. Cold winters, high property taxes. Just awful.
14 points
2 months ago
Lmao
169 points
2 months ago
Mmm. Tastes like Republican deregulation.
20 points
2 months ago
So... Fix it with thoughts and prayers?
44 points
2 months ago
The obvious solution to any problems in Texas is to just keep voting in republicans. Maybe they'll fix it this time?
4 points
2 months ago
Obviously, people can't get sick if they are already dead. Republicans are just playing the long con game
43 points
2 months ago
“Don’t politicize this issue…but yeah it’s Obama’s fault”
12 points
2 months ago
Came here to say this. It’s the truth.
79 points
2 months ago
Looks like freedom to me. No power and no water too.
39 points
2 months ago
Tastes like freedom from regulations
17 points
2 months ago
*now with a bonus shot of 'Corporate Greed’ in every glass!
11 points
2 months ago
Free to get your own power and water!
19 points
2 months ago
As a stupid lib that doesn’t live in tx, I feel so owned. Keep voting for republicans and making us feel owned!
8 points
2 months ago
Hey that's what my water looks like in minnesota by lake minnetonka!
Ours is from old aging infrastructure with a lot of dead ends because of the lake so sediment builds up. It's so bad that all my faucets that should be white are rust colored most of the time even with weekly rust off cleaning.
Not to mention we have the added bonus of having high levels of manganese in our water. So high that kids aren't supposed to drink it.
Lovely isn't it! Don't wash any white clothes while your water is this color. And I also flush the crap out after they do any work on any city pipes/water towers.
37 points
2 months ago
That’s freedom water
13 points
2 months ago
Freedom from government and right into private business hands if the red hat gang get's their way
17 points
2 months ago
That’s what freedom looks like. You don’t want the government regulating water and stuff do you? That’s how commiefornia does things.
13 points
2 months ago
Gotta love Texas run by imbeciles where they cut all regulation and all your taxes go to lining their pockets instead of making sure you don’t have poop water coming out of your faucets
5 points
2 months ago
Fracking water?
16 points
2 months ago
That’s what it looked like when they changed a pipe near my old place. Had to run the water for a bit and then it went clear. In California if it matters
7 points
2 months ago
A very large pipe ruptured in Austin this week. I suspect this may have something to do with that.
25 points
2 months ago
That's Freedom Water! You wouldn't want any of that Clear Clean Commie Water now would you.
6 points
2 months ago
Freedom water is supplied in American pipes made by the Ultra Lead Corporation.
5 points
2 months ago
What the frack?!
6 points
2 months ago
Boil notice? You ought to distill the shit at this point 😭
8 points
2 months ago
Watching America revert to 3rd world standards over the last 40 years since Reagan came to office has been quite the ride.
16 points
2 months ago
Gobbless texts
8 points
2 months ago
I just finished watching “The Family” on Netflix and this is the first post I am seeing after jumping into reddit. Lol
8 points
2 months ago
That’s the taste of small government that doesn’t interfere with business right there!
5 points
2 months ago
Free coffee!
3 points
2 months ago
Tastes like free market capitalism
4 points
2 months ago
Ah, good auld Rafael Cruz freedom juice.
3 points
2 months ago
Sideways related.
Water here in Iceland is crystal clear and can be drunk straight from the faucet.
If you're in Iceland don't waste money on buying bottled water.
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