{"id":61801,"date":"2026-06-18T22:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61801"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:42:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:42:58","slug":"pub-investigating-after-some-bedok-reservoir-residents-notice-brown-water-running-from-taps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61801","title":{"rendered":"PUB investigating after some Bedok Reservoir residents notice brown water running from taps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Some residents at a Bedok Reservoir HDB block were greeted by murky brown liquid when they turned on their taps a few days ago, sparking concerns over the safety of their water supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">National water agency PUB said it was alerted to the incident at Block <!-- -->611<!-- --> Bedok Reservoir Road on June 16, following feedback from an affected resident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">PUB and the Aljunied-Hougang Town Council, which manages the HDB district, conducted a joint inspection at the resident\u2019s unit at <!-- -->5.30pm<!-- --> that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cWe performed flushing at her unit, as well as two other affected units on the same level. Checks on water samples from PUB water mains confirmed no abnormality in the water quality,\u201d PUB said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The town council also flushed affected internal water service pipes, which cleared the discolouration.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PUB investigating after some Bedok Reservoir residents report brown tap water\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-pq2cApwS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">PUB is working with the town council and residents to investigate the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In response to queries, one of the affected residents, Nicole Phua, 31, said she noticed discoloured water flowing from her pipes on June 12, 15 and 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The issue appears to have been confined to her household and other units on the same floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Phua said the water emitted a metallic scent and appeared intermittently throughout the day. \u201cIt happened three times in a span of 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She unknowingly used the discoloured water to brush her teeth, and was awaiting test results of the water samples as she was unsure if it was safe for use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cOur neighbours had to buy mineral water outside to do their washing and cooking,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">This was not her first time encountering the issue. A few months ago, she noticed brown water flowing from her taps but dismissed it as a one-off event related to routine water tank cleaning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"landscape inline-media-wrapper\" data-testid=\"inline-media-test-id\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-start relative w-fit\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/3e83d2c85116d3dc65916637a33f0337a9bde3b4e44ec89b970a612a5b28bf51?w=480\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 720px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/3e83d2c85116d3dc65916637a33f0337a9bde3b4e44ec89b970a612a5b28bf51?w=720\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 721px and max-width: 3999px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/3e83d2c85116d3dc65916637a33f0337a9bde3b4e44ec89b970a612a5b28bf51?w=900\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 4000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/3e83d2c85116d3dc65916637a33f0337a9bde3b4e44ec89b970a612a5b28bf51\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/straitstimes\/3e83d2c85116d3dc65916637a33f0337a9bde3b4e44ec89b970a612a5b28bf51\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-landscape flex items-start shrink-0 object-cover landscape article-landscape mobile:w-auto tablet:w-auto\" data-testid=\"image-test-id\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"mobile:mx-16 tablet:mx-00 py-16 desktop:pb-24\">\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular inline text-secondary\" data-testid=\"inline-media-caption-test-id\">Yellowish-brown sediment left in a resident\u2019s sink after she ran her taps for at least 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-eyebrow-baseline-regular inline text-placeholder\" data-testid=\"inline-media-credit-test-id\"> <!-- -->PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM SL33PYDUMPLING\/TIKTOK<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">She said she ran her taps for 30 minutes to an hour to clear the water during the recent incident, but there was sediment left behind in her sink and toilet bowl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThe actual cause of the issue is still under investigation, but they are suspecting that it was due to sediment accumulating in the water supply,\u201d she said. Her tap water was clear as at June 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Common causes of discoloured water, listed on PUB\u2019s website, include routine cleaning of water tanks and flushing of service pipes in buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Heavy draw-off from a water mains leak can also lead to the suspension of mineral sediments in water, changing its colour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">ST has contacted Aljunied-Hougang Town Council for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/pub-investigating-after-some-bedok-reservoir-residents-notice-brown-water-running-from-taps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Some residents at a Bedok Reservoir HDB block were greeted by murky brown liquid when they turned on their taps a few days&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}