MINT HILL, N.C. — A proposal is on the table for Charlotte Water to take over service for many of Mint Hill residents who have complained for two years about brown-colored drinking water.
Anchor Natalie Pasquarella went to that neighborhood to talk with one homeowner who said she's been waiting years for this.
"Our water was so bad we couldn't drink it," Sharon Decker said.
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In May 2013, Decker showed Pasquarella the brown water she and her neighbors in Ashe Plantation have dealt with.
Many are nervous to drink it and they said it was ruining appliances.
"Most of us have had three hot water heaters, Decker said. "I've had three dishwashers, two icemakers, had to replace all our sinks."
The water service, Aqua North Carolina, has maintained the water is safe to drink but Decker has been working for years to get something done about the water quality, color and what she said are high bills.
Now there could be a possible solution.
A proposal from Charlotte Water will go before council on Monday to purchase three Aqua North Carolina water and sewer systems for about $2.5 million.
The areas include Ashe Plantation, Farmwood East and Oxford Glen.
The president of Aqua North Carolina said the company was not interested in selling when Pasquarella interviewed him last time.
Charlotte Water officials said in the past one-and-a-half years, they've been talking about a sale that ramped up last fall.
Decker hopes it will pass.
"They will because it's a no brainer," she said. "We're very cautious because the door was closed on us so many times."
The funds are part of its capital improvement program, Charlotte Water officials said.
If council approves the proposal Monday, the next step is passing it over to the N.C. Utilities Commission.
"We look forward to working with City Council to bring the sale to a resolution," Aqua North Carolina officials said in an email to Pasquarella.
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