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Pell City water woes
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The city switched to the Coosa Valley Water Authority back in December. Because the water is coming from a different direction, through pipes that are about 70 years old, it's picking up debris and an un-attractive color.
Billy and Carolyn Drummonds can't drink it, cook with it, clean with it, or bathe in it.
"It's rusty, dirty, nasty, smelling water," Carolyn Drummonds, a Pell City resident said.
"We can put a clean filter on one day, and then in two days we have to change it," Drummonds said.
"$52 a month for water you can't use, you can't drink, you're afraid to take a shower in it, you don't know what's in it," Billy Drummonds, a Pell City resident said.
The Mill Village and Oak Ridge neighborhoods are impacted by the pipe change - And you can't go far without finding someone facing the same issues.
"It's just nasty," Ginger Slovensky, a Pell City resident said. "It makes me feel like I am almost living in a 3rd world country because it looks like water from a third world country. It's dirty."
Pell City's Mayor says, the water is discolored but not unhealthy.
"It is discolored water," Mayor Bill Hereford said. "No more, no less. That is a very serious matter."
The city is passing out bottled water for neighbors to use until the system can be flushed.
'There has got to be some friction in there that is causing the discoloration," Hereford said. "It's coming off the lining that is over 50 years from being in the ground. "
The cost of filters, bottled water, and flushing pipes is getting pricey. The Drummonds bill is up from $52 to $93.
"We built our home here in 1970," Drummonds said. "And our whole life's earnings are ruined. We want to leave, but who would buy our home? It's just heart breaking."
Pell City's mayor says families in the affected areas can get reimbursements on water bills. A public meeting on the water problem starts at 2 PM Tuesday at the city's senior center.
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