Rural Towns Across The Country Struggle To Keep Water Clean
Seth Bodine / Harvest Public Media Originally published on January 22, 2021 10:38 am Cheryl LeFevre doesn’t drink the water in Hobart, Oklahoma without a filter. Without a filter, sometimes the water smells like chlorine or rust. Sometimes, it even comes out brown. She has to clean out her filter every two weeks, with what looks like sediment inside. Listen / As she pours water into a glass from her kitchen on a late afternoon in December, the water comes out clear. She says it still tastes like dirty water and has an aftertaste. “Some days it's like this, you know, clea...