Homes, businesses in Mountain Top dealing with discolored water PA American Water says a new tank was opened too quickly, causing heavy flow of water to rush out. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 10:49 PM EDT July 7, 2021 MOUNTAIN TOP, Pa. — “At one point you couldn't even see the bottom of the tub,” said Christina Hayes of Mountain Top as she shows Newswatch 16 pictures she took of the discolored water in her bathtub. She says it started to look brown sometime yesterday afternoon and gradually got darker as evening fell. “Last night our water got really, really dark. This morning I got up, it was still dark and then this afternoon, it got black, like black soot was all in the bottom of our tub,” said Hayes.