{"id":873121,"date":"2026-10-06T19:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873121\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:42:09","slug":"some-residents-could-see-discolored-water-due-to-increased-production-at-mills-river-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/873121\/","title":{"rendered":"Some residents could see discolored water due to increased production at Mills River plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS)  \u2014 Asheville city officials are advising some city residents that they may experience discolored water on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>This is due to City of Asheville Water Resources crews increasing production at the Mills River Water Treatment Plant, according to an Oct. 5 news release. The increased production is part of the city&#8217;s ongoing infrastructure improvements and upgrades to the facility. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will only affect the Mills River service area, which is basically everything South of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It will not affect the North Fork service area,&#8221; City of Asheville Water Resources Public Information Officer Clay Chandler said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t anticipate widespread issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/hendersonville-announces-72-million-dollars-investment-wastewater-treatment-facility-funding-grants-loans-helene-north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HENDERSONVILLE ANNOUNCES $72M INVESTMENT IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the release, this will last between through 5 p.m. Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we do not anticipate any loss of water service, there is the possibility some customers will experience discolored water,&#8221; city officials said in the release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/44-million-dollars-headed-western-north-carolina-governor-josh-stein-wnc-drinking-water-wastewater-infrastructure-projects-helene-recovery-forever-chemicals-pipes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$44M HEADED TO WNC FOR DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city said residents should follow these steps if they see discolored water:<\/p>\n<p>Wait until after 5 p.m., Oct. 6, when the project concludesRun cold water from an outdoor spigot or a lower-level indoor faucet for 3 to 5 minutes, or until it streams clearIf discoloration persists, wait 30 minutes and repeat the process<\/p>\n<p> If the problem still persists, call Water Resources Customer Service at 828-251-1122. On-call maintenance personnel will be available to address the issue, the city said in the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Asheville city officials are advising some city residents that they may experience discolored water&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-873121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}