Residents in Huntly have been forced to buy bottled water and visit family and friends to bathe after supplies from the tap turned brown.
Scottish Water said it was dealing with an ongoing “discolouration” issue due to the presence of “naturally occurring manganese”.
Nonetheless, many residents have been put off by the dark brown tinge and some have been buying water in bulk.
Within The Gordon Schools, kitchen staff had to boil water and supply pupils with bottled water while the discolouration has been present.
It might damage my machine.
She said: “A health professional advised it was probably best not to put her in the bath.
I certainly don’t want her to end up with infected chicken pox.” One family on Scott Drive have also been avoiding drinking the water, with Pauline Whyte describing her shower water as looking “as though I’d over done the fake tan”.
She said: “We’ve been buying bottled water, though I don’t really like having to buy all that plastic.” Last night the problem seemed to have been resolved in many homes and taps were once again running clear, though Scottish Water said its efforts to prevent the problem from reoccurring would continue.
A spokeswoman apologised for any inconvenience.
We would like to reassure those affected that this is not deemed to be a health risk and the water remains safe to drink and use for cooking and cleaning.

The Huntly mum has had enough of turning on her tap and brown water running out.
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Wilson has started buying bottled water for her family to drink because the problem is becoming more frequent.
He’d been flushing pipes that morning along Harris St, Wilson said.
"Council always says the same thing – to flush it for 10 minutes and if it’s no better to call them back."
Council acting waters manager Karl Pavlovich said Wilson’s problem may have been caused by council flushing the pipes.
This is what causes the water to turn brown, he said.
These are random and it is impossible to tell if the flushing will result in the disturbance of settled sediment, Pavlovich said.
However, he admitted neither he or anyone at council would drink the water.
Anyone experiencing brown water can contact council on 0800 492 52.