"We cannot use the water out of the tap here," said Stonegate resident Kaitlan Vaughan.
"I’m not really able to bottle feed him because really, the bottles have to be clean and you can’t hand wash them with that water and you can’t put it in the dishwasher with that water," Vaughan said.
Since she doesn’t want to drink it, her family spends a lot of money on bottled water.
"We spend hundreds of dollars on bottled water a month," Powell said.
Powell says they don’t even let their dogs drink it.
"I’m tired of living like this, I shouldn’t have to live like a hurricane’s coming all the time stocking up on water and stuff just in order to survive," Vaughan said.
"Yea, we have seen those pictures and certainly it’s not acceptable," said Robert Yanity with Utilities Inc., the company responsible for Stonegate’s water issues.
Yanity says the problem is the neighborhood’s well water system.
"We are right now investigating a potential interconnection with the city of Columbia’s water system so it’ll eliminate that problem all together," Yanity said.
"Whatever needs to be done, I want it done," Vaughan said.