For all the times we’ve written about what to do if your tap water is brown/discolored … this time it’s happened at WSB HQ. So in case anyone else in Upper Fauntleroy or vicinity is experiencing it, we did call Seattle Public Utilities – which wants to hear from you if it ever happens where you are – at 206-386-1800. They say hydrant use in the area has stirred up sediment. (Here’s SPU’s complete “what if my water’s discolored?” page.)
I sure wish there could be a city code requiring notifying neighbors of planned turning on of hydrants that creates brown water, if nothing else to plan taking a shower before water turns brown
A good idea, likely impractical until technology enables something like an instant robocall to everyone within a specified radius of a certain location …
I noticed it this morning on California Ave in Gatewood. It is still brown now, at 5 pm. I called SPU and talked to a horribly condescending man who said that no one else was having issues, I was the first to call in. I then checked the blog to see this. So he lied to me. I called back and got a really friendly person on the phone, and he said if they get enough calls, they will send a crew out to flush the line. So call.
Ours seems to be OK now but we’ve been running it off and on all day. I didn’t ask the call-taker if anyone else had reported it but she seemed to be rather speedily aware of the situation – TR
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