closed #200761
Water Quality
2703 Ridge Rd
- Case Date:
- 2/5/2025
Water tastes and smells horribly of algae
Water tastes and smells horribly of algae
I live in Brandywine Ct in Bloomington and have had a disgusting smell in my water for the last 4-5 days. It smells like dirt and it tastes like dirt. From what I have read, this is because of algae blooms in Lake Monroe. Except all information says it happens every summer and fall. It's February and freezing cold. Why is this happening now? Any ide how long this will last? I just paid a fortune for dispensers and Brita Elite filters one week before this started. The Elite filters do nothing to remove the smell or taste. Just the thought of why the lake smells so bad is nauseating. This day and age, there has to be something available to eliminate the disgusting smell and taste. We can't drink bottled water because of pfas and pfos. So what are we left with? Expensive water bottled in glass. Who can afford that on an ongoing basis? Honestly, you cannot expect people to drink that disgusting water.
Cold water from tap faucet coming out brown/yellow. Glass on left from tap, glass on right from fridge (filtered).
Our tap water is coming out of our sink with considerably less pressure than normal, and is an opaque white color. The water clears up in a few minutes and there is no lasting sediment, but it's happening with cold and hot water which is not normal for our house. We've recently had a snow plow get stuck on the fire hydrant outside of our home - not sure if that would be connected at all to this problem as the hydrant doesn't appear damaged. Thanks for looking into it!
Cold Tap water is brown, ran for few minutes with no change.
Calcium deposits in the water are coming in the water lines. Please replace filter at meter.
We have been experiencing in the last week very weak to no water pressure from our faucets. It is next to impossible to get water to run from the faucets. There are no leaks in the house. We would like to see if it could be inspected as it may be related to the mainline.
Water pressure is low at this location.
We have a loss of water pressure, down about 60%, and wonder if the city is experiencing issues.
On the corner of Cabot Ct. and Sheffield there is some type of water seeping into the road from the corner of the street near a stop sign. Seems like a broken water line.