Emory Water Turns Brown

by Anwesha Guha, originally posted on November 30, 2016

ATLANTA – Brown water was found coming from toilets, sinks and fountains across the Emory campus and surrounding area Tuesday night, including the ones in Cox Hall, Dobbs University Center (DUC), Complex Residence Hall and the CVS in the Emory Village. “Although the color is unpleasant, there is no reason to believe that the water is unsafe at this time,” a DeKalb County Communications Department press release said. The water color was the result of a water main break on Shallowford Road near I-85 that has now been repaired by the DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management, the release said.