SPRING BRANCH, Texas — Linda Shaw turned on the water faucet in the middle of August to find brown and yellow water coming out of the tap. It was disgusting, but she hoped it was a short-term problem.
"It turns your toilet bowl yellow. It's gross," Shaw said. "It looks like diluted tea."
But it did not get better. Their water provider, the " Texas Water Company ." continued to have the issue.
Several weeks later Shaw was still having days with yellow water. So was her neighbor. Shaw and other people eventually reached out to KENS 5.
"I want it fixed!" Shaw said.
When KENS 5 reached out to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ )about the issue, we found out it was even more widespread.
A TCEQ spokesman said via email, "The TCEQ San Antonio Region Office has received 1