‘Brown, stinky water’ still plagues West Kelowna residents

It’s an ongoing occupation successful West Kelowna, B.C., that galore accidental is getting worse.

Foul-smelling, discoloured and bad-tasting h2o has been flowing done the taps of galore households and residents privation metropolis to find a solution to the problem.

“I inactive bathe my kids successful it, I inactive shower, but we don’t portion it. There are a batch of radical successful this municipality that don’t portion the water,” said Rose Valley nonmigratory Olivia Lawson.

A marque caller $75-million h2o attraction works successful Rose Valley began operating successful May, and questionable h2o has been pouring retired of section taps since.

“In West Kelowna Estates I ne'er had problems earlier the caller h2o attraction works was commissioned, it was ever fine. Since it was commissioned, we’ve had weeks and weeks of brown, stinky h2o that we can’t drink,” said West Kelowna Estates nonmigratory Jackie Haynes.

In a statement, the metropolis said, “We person implemented the summation of a chemic oxidant to assistance region manganese from the water, and this is working.”

“The reservoir is undergoing seasonal turnover astatine the moment, and occasional spikes successful manganese could occur, but the oxidant is resolving discoloration.”

Residents are questioning wherefore they’re paying monthly fees for a installation that isn’t producing cleanable water.

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“Even though I effort to boil it, it inactive stinks. We usage filters non-stop which are expensive, connected apical of the interest we person to wage – $200 (monthly),” said Agnieszka Jamieson who lives successful Rose Valley.