Montgomery drinking water award a shocker.
They’ve had brown water and sediment running through their pipes for years.
“How can we possibly win that award, knowing we have brown water?” Berger asked.
He said the village has attempted to address the problem over the years, changing pipes, adding water softeners and conducting tests.
“We’re concerned for the residents down there,” he said.
It doesn’t happen overnight, unfortunately.” Berger, who ran unsuccessfully for Village Board in March, said Brescia should do more as both the village mayor and a county legislator.
Instead, residents like Berger and Mike Villegas spend their money on bottled water for drinking and cooking.
He said residents once brought brown tap water to a board meeting for board members to drink.
“So we asked, ‘Why are you telling us to drink it if you’re not going to drink it?’” Brescia said he doesn’t recall that.
Ericson said the county Health Department is running a yearlong test of the village’s five wells to ensure the manganese is the cause of the discoloration.