Posted on 10/06/2013 10:34:10 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The city insists the water is safe, but people can't get over the color
Residents on Manhattan's East Side are staying far away from their tap water after it started flowing with an unusual color, despite the city's insistence the water is safe.
On Thursday, residents and businesses began noticing brown water from their sinks and taps. Nearly a dozen hydrants in the area were also unlocked and gushing discolored water.
The city's Department of Environmental Protection said the discoloration happened when construction of new water mains forced them to reverse flow, stirring up sediment.
The DEP said the brown in the water is from iron and is "perfectly safe."
"Aesthetically, it's not pleasing," the DEP said. "People should not worry."
Residents were not convinced.
"Doesn't look so wonderful. I don't think I would drink this," said Judy Lambert, who lives on Second Avenue.
"It's clearly disgusting," said first-grader Jacob Meltzer.
The discolored water is also stirring up trouble for local businesses like Financier Cafe. Manager Jonathan Melendez says there's a "certain ick factor" associated with brown water.
"Even though you may tell them it's safe to drink, they're not going to drink it themselves because it doesn't look like clean water," he said.
The bagel place next store couldn't make bagels or coffee for hours until the water cleared up. Coffee seller George Thomas used bottled water to make coffee.
Good news for residents, though: the city said Friday night the water is expected to clear up very soon.
"Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day...."
If you don't like the water, just head down to the local Mickey D and order the 64-oz ... Mikey's soda ban lost.
I don't think I've had a glass of "plain" water in 25 years. I do just fine with coffee, tea, wine and beer. Once in a while I might go for a Gatorade or Red Bull. But never plain old water. No soda and no juice either. If I am confronted with a bottle of spring water, I will add flavoring to it so that it is palatable to drink.
For much of human history, water was considered unsafe to drink unless it was "purified" by adding alcohol like wine or corn whiskey.
Chuckling- your post reminds me of quote attributed to WC Fields - “I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.”
Hey it looks just fine to me.
what’s the worry?
Add some grape Kool-Aid, NY’ers should be used to that.
Sounds like i want one.
Looks like a coffee dispenser though....
What exactly is it?
Evaporate it then run the residue through a spectrum analyzer.
I can only imagine.....
bfl
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