Horror as residents in small Illinois town are forced to bathe and brush teeth ... trends now
Tap water that ranges in color from pale yellow to a deep orange is driving residents of one Illinois town to spend thousands of dollars on filtration systems in a bid to make it drinkable.
Not even toothpaste can disguise the taste of the polluted water flowing through the pipes of Eastwood Manor which is tempting some residents to abandon basic hygiene.
But regulators are refusing to put any pressure on the supplier to improve water quality because the Chicago suburb does not have more than 1,000 residents.
'The flavor of the water, even when I brush my teeth, is noticeable and then bathing it, if it's orange that day we most likely will skip showers and baths,' Stephanie Tesmer said. 'It tastes horrible. I'm very, very upset.'
EPA records show the water has contained excessive levels of iron for at least 10 years, consistently registering at more than one milligram per liter, which is considered 'unsatisfactory' by state regulators
Stephanie Tesmer is among residents of the Illinois suburb of Eastwood Manor who have endured years of foul-tasting discolored tap water
The tap water ranges in color from pale yellow to a deep orange and is tempting some residents to abandon basic hygiene
Mark Slovacek showed ABC7 the think orange sludge which had clogged up a previously white filter within two months of its installation
EPA records show the water has contained excessive levels of iron for at least 10 years, consistently registering at more than one milligram per liter, which is considered 'unsatisfactory' by state regulators.
The water company, Aqua, says they have brought levels down to 2.3 milligrams from a level 10 times what they were when they became the supplier in 2016.
But residents say the pollution is powerful
