I agree with Texas Lady.

White clothing(which we have just quit buyuing altogether, it is ruined within a month)  must be covered in the closets, or they will get orangey-brown dust on the shoulders, i guess the water gets into the air as well.  All white things eventually go yellow if youre lucky, orange-brown if you not.

Our hair color gets affected.  A white shower curtain is a waste of money.  The sulphur smell is overwhelming on some days.

Tell the woman in the story to quit using that expensive  "iron out"( which we quit because gave me nosebleeds to accidentally inhale that super-fine airborne powder particles that wafted up whenever you pour it) tell her to try Oxyclean.  Works almost as well, and doesn't make you sick to use it. 

Our home is "county" though, not city.  We have well water, some in our neighborhood have spent $1000s to dig their own deeper well...  but this problem is no way limited to a small area, at all.

And we must buy bottled water, too.  And frequent bags of salt to put in it.  (which does sort of make your ankles swell up the first week we put fresh salt in our water conditioner) 

The first week we add salt, it is almost impossible to get the shampoo to rinse out of your hair, lol!!  Everyone in my home has odd skin problems since we moved here.  Sores on our arms that can last for months, etc etc.  weird stuff.

The various expenses incurred in living with orange-ish, smelly water do add up.

Should the City also extend water and sewer and what the heck, police and fire protection too, to a similar area, say across the state line in Michigan if it does not make fiscal sense?  At what point does a city, any city, decide what is a good annexation and what is not so good?  I certainly do not know that one.  But these people have made a choice.  If they choose to upgrade their roads (do we even talk about sidewalks and lights?) to bring to minimum city standards at their own cost it might make fiscal sense to the rest of the citizens "wth a heart" (what an awful slogan, that gets thrown around with plenty of mud attached) to annex.

And it is a little bit more than ironic that the Mulfords in this article were former residents of Elkhart who chose to relocate to this area.  I certainly do not think it was the fault of Elkhart that their water stinks.  Personal responsibility, folks.  Don't forget about the choices you make in life.

The city sees no problem with annexing areas they think will net them some good tax revenue.  It's disgusting the way the city and county cherry pick areas of Elkhart that they think are worth improving while other areas just get more run down and seedy looking. 

Iron -- Like manganese, iron is a naturally occurring metal found in soils, rocks and minerals. Groundwater comes into contact with these and releases the iron, sometimes causing a metallic taste and staining plumbing fixtures. Like manganese, the health risks in drinking water are insignificant. ...

Sulfur -- Sulfur occurs naturally in soils, rocks and minerals. Groundwater comes into contact with these solids and dissolves them and releases sulfur into the water. Above certain levels, sulfur can create a distinct and unpleasant odor of rotten eggs. Natural variations in water chemistry sometimes cause the sulfur smell to come and go in well water at different times of the year. Sulfur (sulfate) can have a laxative effect at high levels."

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And polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are just something found in hairspray.

And are you saying these are the only three chemicals in this water?

pfft.