We have the same problem with water in the center of Woburn also. It is unpredictable and has ruined loads of white laundry on multiple occasions. When the water looks like that we can't brush our teeth or bathe in it. And we never drink the tap water.

Is Beacon St affected? Can we get a street listing so we can avoid moving there.

What happen to truth, honesty, and doing the right things? Our elected leaders are suppose to do the right things. The water in the south end has been a problem that needs the city's attention today. I just wonder if our leader had dirty water at his house and how long would his family put up with it? Whatever happen to professional leadership, water and sewer improvements, transparency in government?

The brown water has become an almost daily problem at our house. Combine that with low water volume and low water pressure and i would say the infrastructure in Woburn needs MAJOR improvement. The new water tank did NOTHING to improve my water. Over the last 3 years I was told on multiple occasions that the new water tank would solve all our problems. We observed zero improvement. I think it's time to protest by all Woburn residents halting future payments to the water department unitl this issue is resolved, that silent step will get a prompt response!

I guess it is safe to say, that Woburn is lucky because of the high industrial business
it has and the taxes they receive from them. But, it is the local residents that have to pay the priche of these companies. We have our water polluted mainly because of them. I suggest that because of the high taxes Woburn gets from them, Woburn should test every section and street on an every third month basis. It is time that Woburn residents get good, safe and clean water. I live in the new lands and was affected by the water from Grace Co. I had neighbors die from the polluted water. I had a five month still born that I believe was affected from the water. I only hope this message wakes up Woburn's concern from its residents.

I say let us all get our priorities on the right path. What is more important to the citizens of Woburn and new parking lot at Mission Hill, a new path way to walk on or clean water to drink and take care of every day hygiene. On January 6, 2010 The Mayor of this City gave a wonderful inauguration speech. In that speech he vowed to “produce and deliver the cleanest, best tasting water in the state, so that people do not fee the need to buy bottled spring water” an expenditure which he said was an average of $5 a week. Well sir that has not happened. Our water is dirty and tainted as it has even been. Kind of reminds me of the G and H wells. How long will this go on until we the residents of Woburn go through yet another water disaster. I am not saying this is the Mayors fault. What I am saying is Mr. Mayor you can correct this immediately. My family, friends and neighbors beg you please give us what you promised THE CLEANEST, BEST DRINKING WATER IN THE SATE.

We live on Hilltop Terrace near White Elementary School. We have been dealing w/this water problem since 2003. We have spoken w/Jay Corey, all mayors since 2003, our aldermen (ward 4), attended town meetings and it still occurs. I would like one of these people who have told me it's potable to chug a cold glass of this brown liquid. I invited Jay Corey to come in our house and have some......he refused...with a smile. We have had to call several times w/each occurrence. We're told to run our water until it's clear and at times they open the hydrant. We have run our taps for more than 7 hours sometimes! WHO is paying for all this wasted water? We are. I agree w/Mark and refuse to pay our water bills until we see some improvement.

Disgusting. I can't believe that in this day and age we're still playing around with dirty water in Woburn. The story didn't cover everything. The mayor didn't let his people come to the meeting, like the DPW or engineering or water department. He didn't want them to have the meeting and told alderman Gately that his committee wasn't going to be involved in water matters anymore. It was going to be his decision from now on. So you know who to blame. The only thing we can do is keep telling the truth. He has promised us for two years to fix this but he would rather build soccer fields than fix a few pipes so people can drink their water. What do we have to do to impeach this guy? He's out of control and I heard he is mean to people.

We own a home in the South end and East Woburn as well as work in businesses here in Woburn and I have found the easiest, most efficient and affective way of reporting a problem or group of problems is by using the link from the city of Woburn's website attached: http://www.cityofwoburn.com/forms.aspx?FID=89
This gets the problem reported to the proper department for action almost instantaneously and action pretty quickly. We have shared this information with friends and family and they report similar results.

I was wondering what that meant. Our alderman said something about priorities and walking paths, but I didn't know what she was talking about. You're kidding right? The mayor is supposed to represent everyone in this city. He walked out on us and no apology or explanation given. How do we let everyone know what happened? The paper didn't write about it and Patch did, but didn't go into details. Do you think people around the city should know how he treats us. Send letters to the newspapers and talk to your friends.

Hi Donna - Accorsing to the meeting the other night, the mayor stopped the plan when he came in so he could see if the new filtering plant would fix the problem. He wants to save money, I guess. But on many streets no matter how clean the water gets it will never get rid of the gunk in the pipes. They have to be fixed and he knows that. He can put all the clean water in the world through them and it won't be clean by the time it gets to your house. That's what the city paid all that money to the engineers for, to come up with a broad plan. I didn't know that our mayor is not only a lawyer but an engineer too and he knows better than all those professionals.

So here we are almost three years later and in the paper tonight the mayor said that he will make the decision on what streets get fixed based on the complaints that hes got. So if you are like me and my neigbors who stopped complaining a long time ago, we don't get our water cleaned? Where else can we go if he is being stubborn ? If we waited this long I guess we can wait another two years to get him out of office. In the meantime buy stock in Poland Springs.

When Galvin doesn't get what he wants he pouts and takes his ball and goes home.

I think it's time for some civil disobedience. I wonder if we can pay our water bills into an escrow account that doesn't go to city hall until our water is fixed? One of my neighbors didn't pay her water bill because she said she couldn't user her water. The city didn't fix it, they put a lien on her house.

This could have been avoided. All he had to do was go to the meeting and tell us when he was going to fix the pipes. Nobody went there to fight. That's all anyone wanted and what they were expecting to hear. We were told that our street would be fixed in the spring. It was supposed to be an update. The DPW head should have been there, not the engineer. Now it's grown into a big problem because he didn't want to talk about the brown water. I wonder who is giving the mayor advice on how to deal with his people, because that is what we are. I voted for him and I am sorry.

They are flushing the lines today and one of my friends called from Lakeview to say that someone from the water department came to get samples of the water. She told him that the water was brown last night, not this morning. I hope this isn't the mayor's way to say that we really don't have a problem.

I just had a thought. We should all go to the mayor's office and show him our skivies. Every pair of white underpants and tshirts are stained with big orange rust spots. That is what happens when bleach comes in contact with our water. In a way it's funny. You can recognize a south ender by the rust stains or by the greyish color of their whites because you can't use bleach. Is anyone laughing yet?

I didn't think of that. Let's all bring our appliance and fixture repair bills to city hall along with our stained and ruined whites.

Janet, I checked the city doesn't have impeachment but get enough people to sign he can be written out. I think they tried this in Lawrence

Can anyone tell me why all I smell is bleach when I run my water??? Ever since people have the dirty water issue was made public I have a strong odor of bleach from the water. Dumping bleach will only mask the problem not solve it! I think we should call the DEP for help!

I work at 71 Pine Street and the facility was newly reopened for use. The company had to have the pipes flushed 3 or 4 times and go further down the street to flush before the contaminant levels in the water were low enough to hook up our toilet, which makes me think it was borderline at best. A water fountain was just installed so now my company is going to get rid of the bottled water. Based on everything I read online and what residents have to say I'm going to bring in my own bottled water every day.