‘Tastes like dirt’: Neighbors say city water tastes and smells bad, but leaders say it’s safe

Residents and businesses in Cumming say drinking water, drawn from Lake Lanier and treated, has a strange odor and taste.

“It’s like a mix of mud and water, not refreshing. I couldn’t even use it to brush my teeth,” neighbor Allie Lima said.

Lima lives about a mile from the lake. In recent weeks, she noticed that her tap water, though clear, didn’t taste right. She stopped drinking it and went to a filtered of bottled water…

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