For years, Newtown resident Anthony Tucker has been paying between $60-90 a month for water he doesn’t feel is safe to drink.
We’ve been doing this for many years," Tucker said.
Montgomery Water Works first began to alleviate residents’ concerns on June 27 this year, when they arrived on Yu’s street to test the water and open a fire hydrant to flush the line.
And yet, as residents carrying jugs of brown water to meetings with Water Works have found, nobody feels safe drinking that water.
"When we first checked it, the chlorine was low because the water was sitting there, but we’ve added chlorine to make sure it’s ample and checked it before and after," Hanan said.
The neighborhood’s continuing water issues have also corroded residents’ trust of the city and cast a shadow of fear across Newtown.
When asked if they would drink water the brown water in Newtown, Rizzo said, "Yes."
"What about the pipes further up?
What about that water?
You’ll have the same water coming back in these pipes," Tucker said.