- Residents in Austin’s Colony, Texas have been living with unreliable clean water for years, with some samples testing above state and federal standards for lead, arsenic, and other contaminants.
People in Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in Texas’ capital, have lived with water that is unreliably clean for years, according to Discover Magazine.
Results from a newly published peer-reviewed study indicate the problem was not just cosmetic. Some of the water tested contained lead, arsenic, and other contaminants at levels above state and federal standards.
What happened?…