Residents of Coal Grove, Ohio turned on their faucets Monday to find something unexpected — bright purple water. And city officials claimed it was perfectly safe, once diluted.
No, it was not photoshop or special effects. The city water running from faucets and toilets in Coal Grove really was a regal shade of purple that would have pleased Prince.
According to city officials, the bright purple water was caused by a pump malfunction at the local treatment plant which dumped too much sodium permanganate into the water.
Sodium permanganate is used to remove iron and manganese from water supply by oxidizing it and turning the minerals into larger particles that can be filtered out.
WSAZ-TV reports the city flushed its water system several times Monday, but people are still being told to run the water until the funky color goes away.
Officials were quick to hose down any panic, admitting the purple water might stain your laundry, but claiming that it’s perfectly safe.
“Once it’s diluted out, it’s not dangerous at all,” Stephen Burchett, water treatment plant operator, said.
Would you be happy to drink the bright purple water?
At this point any sane person either buys filters or distills their water, but not doing one or the other is being extremely naive. Its pretty damn clear public commissars don't care about public safety anymore. There could be lead in the water and they'd sit back and watch you consume it these days. Soulless devils. Third world INDEED.
Noah Parker
sodium permanganate is PINK, not purple. It's a safe chemical it is used in the water purification process by water treatment facilities everywhere. It's NOT PURPLE because IT'S PINK.
This story happened on June 3rd. Old News You're so out of touch with what's happening, and you don't even get the details correct.
Michael Gray
Only you and 'newspunch' would call this 'purple'
Wyatt Price
Some say its purple, some say its more pink. Some of it actually pink, and in other areas, more purple. So it doesn't really matter.
Ayden Peterson
It is news because it wasn't reported here yet. Anything that is up to a month old and not reported is NEWS when posted.
oddly enough, I've read all the disclaimers and notifications on Zig Forums and I haven't seen anything about this "anything that's up to a month old is still considered news" policy.
so you just made that up, right?
Noah Allen
Now listen Johnny, you drove me out of here yesterday before noon and I didn't come back on until this morning. The only reason is I was in a bad, bad mood already (suffering alcohol withdrawal)…. but I had my whiskey last night, and I'm up, and I'm not leaving today. You're going to have to deal with this today, and I'm posting a lot more REAL NEWS!
