In One Historically Black Florida Community, the Drinking Water Is Brown
WHITTED, Fla.—When Ann Jones runs her kitchen faucet, the water flows clear only some of the time.
Inside Climate News reports: WHITTED, Fla.—When Ann Jones runs her kitchen faucet, the water flows clear only some of the time.
Fill a pitcher, and the water is the color of iced tea. Jones, 81, is a gentle woman who has lived most of her life in this unincorporated historically Black community of 52.
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