Brown water in North BR blamed on firefighter training, nothing to worry about

BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Water Company blamed complaints of brown water in part of North Baton Rouge on a fire department training program that involves opening and closing fire hydrants quickly.Hayes Owen told News 2  that stirs up "natural minerals" in the line, like manganese, which gives the water its brownish hue. Manganese and the other minerals are harmless.The areas affected include Airline Highway near Prescott Road and North Lobdell Boulevard near Greenwell Sprin