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Charlestown residents hold their own meeting, frustrated about brown water

It’s clear, then turns brown as he fills up a water bottle.
"The water has been brown off and on for some time now," Neely said, adding that he has pictures of his bathtub full of dirty water that left a sediment.
He called the city and never got a call back.
"I feel like they don’t care.
David Abbott, who organized the meeting, said he plans to run for mayor next year.
Charlestown?
You’ve got the dirty water,’" Abbott said.
Indiana American Water had plans to buy Charlestown Water, but that sale is on hold after it was challenged in court.
"I’m not here to block progress," said Darlene Williams, a Charlestown resident.
Some residents say the city needs to come up with a solution that doesn’t involve selling the water, and the brown water needs to be fixed immediately.

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