My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory

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My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory
Orchid Offer Upgrade User ID: 49462656 United States 08/03/2015 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Our water company is owned by Severn Trent, and we have a lot of problems with it. A lot of people have water so nasty that it leaves a dark brown sludge in the bathtubs or sinks. You fill up your bathtub and the water is so dark that you cant see the bathtub through it.. Saturday morning, we had hardly any water pressure. There was some type of malfunction that they had to repair. When the water company was contacted about a boil advisory, they said there wouldnt be one issued. This afternoon, they issued one. So for 2 days people have been using this water without boiling it, and it doesnt look like we can do anything but complain. They have an F Rating with the BBB too.

Kirk User ID: 69924815 United States 08/03/2015 07:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory I would drink and cook with bottled water Government is a body largely ungoverned.
Orchid (OP) User ID: 49462656 United States 08/03/2015 07:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory I would drink and cook with bottled water Quoting: Kirk We drive about a 40 mile round trip, once a week to fill jugs with well water. It helps some but people are still bathing and washing their clothes in this stuff.
Orchid (OP) User ID: 46527705 United States 08/03/2015 07:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory [link to imgur.com] I think that I did this right, but here are some photos of peoples water in my area.

thisismyusername User ID: 69943207 United States 08/03/2015 07:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory [link to imgur.com] I think that I did this right, but here are some photos of peoples water in my area. Quoting: Orchid Ummmm... wtf, what state you live in, if you don't mind me asking? "He who strikes terror in others is himself continually in fear." - Claudius Claudianus. Aka. Tatanka
Orchid (OP) User ID: 49462656 United States 08/03/2015 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory [link to imgur.com] I think that I did this right, but here are some photos of peoples water in my area. Quoting: Orchid Ummmm... wtf, what state you live in, if you don't mind me asking? Quoting: thisismyusername Louisiana. Keep that in mind if you are thinkimg of voting for Jindal.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69944442 United Kingdom 08/03/2015 07:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory fracking nearby?

thisismyusername User ID: 69943207 United States 08/03/2015 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory [link to imgur.com] I think that I did this right, but here are some photos of peoples water in my area. Quoting: Orchid Ummmm... wtf, what state you live in, if you don't mind me asking? Quoting: thisismyusername Louisiana. Keep that in mind if you are thinkimg of voting for Jindal. Quoting: Orchid Ya, like an AC said, do you have fracking near by? That's a serious issue, I wouldn't even shower with that shit... Hell I'd even be afraid shitting and it splashing up my asshole "He who strikes terror in others is himself continually in fear." - Claudius Claudianus. Aka. Tatanka
Orchid (OP) User ID: 49462656 United States 08/03/2015 07:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Honestly, I am not sure if we have any fracking close by or even how close it would need to be to cause issues like this. Do any of yall know how I can find out?
Orchid (OP) User ID: 49462656 United States 08/03/2015 07:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory It looks like there may be some fracking roughly 75-100 miles west of us and a little south of us.

Anonymous Coward User ID: 69941115 United States 08/03/2015 07:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Oh that's just lovely. I remember in the 1996 floods in southern Oregon all of our sanitation stations gave out and flooded all of our water with sewage. We had to get ALL of our water from the National Guard for almost a month. Wanted to take a shower? Then a soldier had to escort you to the local YMCA. Ugh.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69717550 United States 08/03/2015 07:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Why not set up a Reverse Osmosis system? You can buy a cheap one that handles 40 gallons a day, maybe even more, for $65.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68767520 United States 08/03/2015 08:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory It looks like there may be some fracking roughly 75-100 miles west of us and a little south of us. Quoting: Orchid When they frack they go horizontally as well as vertically. So they could be fracking directly under your house.
Orchid (OP) User ID: 24217831 United States 08/03/2015 08:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Why not set up a Reverse Osmosis system? You can buy a cheap one that handles 40 gallons a day, maybe even more, for $65. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69717550 We have been checking into a filter system for our house. A lot of people in the area are putting them in. I will do some research on the reverse osmosis system! Thanks for the tip!
Orchid (OP) User ID: 24217831 United States 08/03/2015 08:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory It looks like there may be some fracking roughly 75-100 miles west of us and a little south of us. Quoting: Orchid When they frack they go horizontally as well as vertically. So they could be fracking directly under your house. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68767520 The shale area they are working in doesnt extend this far. I dont know if that makes a difference or not.
Orchid (OP) User ID: 24217831 United States 08/03/2015 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Oh that's just lovely. I remember in the 1996 floods in southern Oregon all of our sanitation stations gave out and flooded all of our water with sewage. We had to get ALL of our water from the National Guard for almost a month. Wanted to take a shower? Then a soldier had to escort you to the local YMCA. Ugh. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69941115 That sounds like it was not a pleasant experience. I'd have issues with being escorted to a shower like some prisoner! We have people here that drive to relatives homes to bathe and wash clothes.
Pay it Forward User ID: 69730840 United States 08/03/2015 08:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory OP - you also might want to consider getting a self-standing gravity filter for drinking and cooking water. Most say they'll filter pond water although I'm just using my Berkey for tap water now. Berkey, Doulton and Katadyn are some options. [link to www.amazon.com] For showers, put some of the filtered water in a solar camping bag. Heat the water in the sun outside and then hang it on your shower. [link to www.amazon.com] Hope they fix the problem soon. That water looks pretty toxic. :(
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67510075 United States 08/03/2015 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory these are good for about 4000 gallons, but they are sort of a charity that gives filters to third world people with each purchase. [link to www.buylifestraw.com] it would work for some gallons of drinking water in a pinch.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 66389075 United States 08/03/2015 08:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: My water company waited 2 days to issue a boil advisory Giant dumptrucks, loaded beyond capacity 24/7, hauling off the excessive dirt from grading the site and hollowing out the underground tunnel of the soon-to-open Wal*Mart(R) Supercenter(tm) are so overladen, they can only crawl around the curb at 5 mph. They have busted the water main here, but the "city" says the water main burst due to the heat. (because they are fat from being bribed). Water is brown as shit.
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