If you’ve thought the tap water tastes funny lately, you’re not alone. It’s a harmless blue-green algae, and it’ll be gone soon. Heck, some hippies pay good money to ingest the stuff. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I was once at a house in Nelson County near the Monroe Institute and I saw what I assumed was a dish of candy on the table, so I unwrapped one and tossed it in my mouth. BLECK! “What was that!” I thought to myself, thinking I’d just accidentally consumed some kind of medicine. I then checked out the label which read, “Super blue green algae”. Needless to say, I wan’t pleased that I accidentally consumed the stuff. After all, It did indeed have the same taste and smell as the cyanobacteria I scrape off the sides of my aquarium.
Glad I use a well!!
I’m glad they’ve taken steps to combat this. I first noticed this awhile back and the water had just tasted gross. The flavor is not unlike water filtered through a nasty old water softener–slimy, musty, weird.
Yep, I agree with Jocelyn. Noticed it a couple weeks ago – not terrible, but definitely a noticeable musty, “dirt”y taste to me. Glad that they identified it and are in the process of taking care of the issue.
The same thing happened to Lynchburg’s Pedlar Reservoir last year. Officials initially thought it would pass quickly, but eventually they switched to using the James River as a source (surprisingly, a great improvement)for quite a while until the reservoir had risen back to normal depths.