"It got to the point where I just couldn't even drink it. It was nauseating. And then I started noticing it in the shower and the washing machine and I thought something's going on," she said.
Clear across town in Westbury, Paul Nylund noticed it too.
"I noticed that I couldn't see through the glass. It was pretty cloudy. It was pretty weird, so I decided I'm not gonna drink this," Nylund said.
Even water that has been filtered still looks cloudy.
"I was having to use bottled water to make coffee with and to feed my dog for my dog's water," said Nylund.
After four days of increasing complaints from citizens across Houston, the city's Public Works Department finally posted some answers on its website. A spokesman told Local 2 the earthy or musty smell and the taste of dirt is from two naturally occurring compounds: MIB and geosmin, sometimes produced by seasonal algae blooms. The take-away ? The city says they are safe and the water is fine to drink.
Source: City of Houston: Water is safe to drink, use
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