Brown water floods some Helena pipes, official says water safe

Ten Mile Treatment Plant reopens, linked to temporary change in city water color

First different-tasting water, and now some people in Helena report cloudy, reddish water. According to city officials, its all related to the closing and subsequent reopening of the Ten Mile Treatment Plant.This past fall, people in Helena noticed a change in the water taste. We looked into the situation and found that the change in taste was due to a change where the city water was coming from. The Ten Mile Treatment Plant was taken offline to…

Brown water floods some Helena pipes, official says water safe

The water is safe and will clear up within "a day or so," a Helena city official said. The brown "sediment" comes from old, corroded pipes.

City officials say water is ‘safe’

A temporary disruption in water flow and storage caused by Hurricane Helene damage led to a recent water quality notice being sent to city water utility customers, according to City of Perry officials.