Brown tap water in O'Connor today

Danman said :

One would think a quick call to ACTEW would be a more reliable source of information no ?

Not in my experience 🙁

There was the time they told us to run the hose to clear the dirt and the following day, presumably after more complaints, they said oops, we’ve now been told there was a broken valve which required the supply to be diverted in directions long unused thereby stirring up sediment. The sight of hydrants open all around the area made our little attempt the previous evening to clear the dirt through our garden hose seem rather laughable. Then there was the time the water went off in the middle of the morning rush, apparently we should have gotten a letter advising of maintenance work, oops no, on second thoughts it wasn’t our area that should have had the water switched off. I do feel a little sorry for the people who answer the phones, they don’t seem to be told anything.

Meanwhile, our water hasn’t been brown lately http://the-riotact.com/?p=10320#comments but we can have three or four different smells in a day, there’s a black ring in the loo like we’ve never had before which sometimes reappears within hours of cleaning and other times doesn’t reappear for days, a few towels have gone inexplicably mouldy even though at first I wasn’t doing anything different to what I’ve always done and lately I’ve actually been really careful to change towels frequently and not leave them bunched up when damp, and the metallic taste has been more frequent again.

@Danman: No, you’re cool. Only one who gets the thumbs-down is me for not mentioning it. You were right to call me on it.

Confirming @djk, ActewAGL just got back to me. Cleaning stirred things up. Will clear over the next few hours.

@Danman: Called ActewAGL first. Answer was “we’re looking into it”. Question here was also somewhat a heads-up.

Be nice if you mentioned that in the original post.

Save people like me looking a fool even moreso

From our building manager:

ACTEW have just advised that the water supply along Marcus Clarke St has been stirred up after some blockages were cleared this morning causing a dirty supply. We will advise further when this is expected to improve.

@Danman: Called ActewAGL first. Answer was “we’re looking into it”. Question here was also somewhat a heads-up.

@Holden Caulfield: Was brown like tea (no milk) at worst. Better now, but not perfect.

Saw ActewAGL trucks on Fairfax St (Belconnen Way-Macarthur Ave) at 3:30pm and a lot of water being released into the storm drain. Possibly trying to sluice?

Water not perfect at 4:30pm but a lot clearer, 1km downpipe from Fairfax St.

jakez said :

Holden Caulfield said :

This morning was okay for us, but this is not uncommon.

How brown? Just a bit dirty, or just plain yuk?

When we get brown water from our taps it’s just a bit discoloured, and a bit smelly. But enough that I tip it straight on to the garden, rather than drink it. :p

I drank it and it gave me super powers. I can now rust any piece of metal using only the power of my mind.

But your water is only brown because I did a poo in your pipes, jakez.

Holden Caulfield said :

This morning was okay for us, but this is not uncommon.

How brown? Just a bit dirty, or just plain yuk?

When we get brown water from our taps it’s just a bit discoloured, and a bit smelly. But enough that I tip it straight on to the garden, rather than drink it. :p

I drank it and it gave me super powers. I can now rust any piece of metal using only the power of my mind.

Hope it doesn’t have anything to with the dams only being 46% full.

It tends to happen when a higher-than-usual flow dislodges sediments from the insides of the pipes. An example is if a hydrant was used in the area.

This morning was okay for us, but this is not uncommon.

How brown? Just a bit dirty, or just plain yuk?

When we get brown water from our taps it’s just a bit discoloured, and a bit smelly. But enough that I tip it straight on to the garden, rather than drink it. :p

It was like that in Fyshwick about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

…I don’t want to go home to brown water.

Maybe they are working on the mains, things like that do happen 🙂

One would think a quick call to ACTEW would be a more reliable source of information no ?

’tis brown here in the city, too. Extra flavour in the coffee…

Mmm, gravy..

wholemeal water

damn recycled water….