Multiple photos of brown water have been posted on the Gulgong Community Group Facebook page, the first on October 15 – a day before council undertook works to pipeline infrastructure.

The works involved connecting a new 200-millimetre water main to the existing water main from the reservoir. It’s unclear if this is the reason for the current water quality issues.

A social media user questioned, “How's everyone else's water? It looks clear but it's far from it.” 

“After finding out the hard way (delicate white washing now brown) 10 days ago I've run through a sacrificial white piece of clothing twice to see if it's improved and have had the same result.

“Council have been out to flush main in road and main street house and it improved for two days but now worse than ever!,” the post stated with a photo of a ‘white sock before washing, brown sock after.’

“We also smell like rust after a shower.”