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Pro 8 Problem Solver: yucky yellow water not clear yet
By
Ray Gomez
Story Created:
Jul 16, 2009
Story Updated:
Jul 17, 2009
It's a follow-up to a story you first saw on Pro 8 News last week.
The story involved a family living in central Laredo with yucky yellow water.
Councilman Narvaez went out to the residence and took one look at the yellow water and said its not yellow. The city of Laredo Uilities Department stood by the councilman, saying despite the yellow color, the water is absolutely safe.
Last week we showed you Esther’s yucky yellow water filled pool. She told us she filled her brand new above ground pool with her hose, and she got a pool filled with yellow water. Councilman for her district Juan Narvaez came to look at the problem and had this to say about the water.
“Looking at it you do agree the water is yellow correct? Basically the water is not yellow. It’s the bottom surface of the pool. That’s why I was questioning them earlier how long has the water been in the pool? Sometimes with the heat the water is heated with chlorine. As you can see it’s an open lot with dust got into the pool overnight."
"Everybody I’ve spoken to has said you can clearly see that the water was a dingy yellow color."
Since then Esther has dumped the water, re-filled the pool, and added a number of water treatments.
"Esther is now having to spend a lot of extra money on products you usually wouldn't have to use for an above ground pool. She’s even having to throw projects into her pool that you usually would only see in an in ground pool."
"These are for the regular pools. Drop a chlorine tablet in there and I bought some of these and I bought my own test strips so I can test the water and I went to Johnson pool and bought one of these."
She bought all of those water treatment products despite the fact the city's water test results show the water is safe and clean.
"She says the chlorine in the front faucet is 3.1, however the one back here which is the one I use to fill the pool is 1.3. I don’t understand why the numbers are so significantly different."
The utilities department explained to her that she has nothing to worry about because her test results show her water meets the minimum requirement. Then why is her water still yellow?
"I still can’t get any answers. Mr. Narvaez had come over and he said the water was fine and someone from the water department said the water was fine."
Councilman Juan Narvaez tells us a lot of homes in that area. He says her home's pipes could be rusted and causing the water to come out a dirty yellow color.