INDIANAPOLIS—Have you noticed that your tap water smells or tastes funny? Citizens Energy is reassuring customers that there is nothing to worry about and that the water is safe to drink.
It’s circulating all over social media as people in some areas of Marion and Southern Hamilton County wonder why their water smells or tastes earthy.
Citizens Energy Group tells WRTV it’s the result of an organic compound produced in local water bodies by algae which reached the White River after all the snow and wet weather we’ve had.
It says it’s happening to customers served by the White River and the White River North treatment plant.
Citizens says its treatment plant staff is taking more water samples and changing the treatment process in an effort to eliminate the earthy smell sooner rather than later.
“We are actively working to address this and have activated carbon that we are introducing …