Tap water takes on unsavory flavor in Tarrant County

by MARIE SAAVEDRA

WFAA

Posted on January 13, 2014 at 10:58 PM

Updated yesterday at 11:00 PM

ARLINGTON Imagine pouring yourself a cool glass of gritty grass clippings. Not appetizing, right?

Unfortunately, thousands of North Texans are now getting water out of the tap with a similar smell and taste.

"Like, if somebody was to mow their lawn and get part of the dirt area you know how it flies up and theres that smell? thats exactly what it tastes like and it smells like," said Rachel Pann of Arlington.

H20 with an earthy odor is now pouring out of her faucet. She noticed it Sunday night after making iced tea with her husband.

"He took the first taste and he said, 'Wow, this tastes like dirt... this tastes off,'" she recalled. "He dumped it out, made another one... same outcome."

Now that soil-scented water is everywhere in her dishwasher, shower, and in thousands of other homes.

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Tap water takes on unsavory flavor in Tarrant County