‘Just nasty;’ Local community says tap water undrinkable amid heatwave

NORTH HAMPTON — Even in extreme heat, people in a local village are refusing to drink any water coming out of their tap.

As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, people in the village of North Hampton said their water is yellow and brown.

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Brittany and Shianne Richardson run Rainbow Rescue out of their home.

“We would never feed them this water. Our birds actually got sick from giving them this water,” Brittany said.

It’s why they do not believe the water from the tap is good enough for them.

“It’s brown sometimes. But then if it’s not brown, it’s like milky colored. It definitely is just nasty,” Brittany said.

They spend hundreds on bottled water on top of the water bill.

“It makes me not want to pay the water bill until they fix it. I don’t really care if they shut the water off or not,” Brittany said.

News Center 7 first began investigating this issue in April when people started noticing alerts in the post office with different reasons for the water quality.

News Center 7 reached out to the water department but did not get a response.

Recently North Hampton received $1.3 million in state funding to replace a water tower.

“I’m glad to hear it. Hopefully it helps, because that’s definitely enough money to do something,” Brittany said.

“I’m not holding my breath,” Shianne said.

The state funding came in earlier this month and some workers said it needs to go to bid to find a buyer to get this project going.

News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.

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