Water in Lisa Wardle’s bath tub (Picture: MEN Media)

If you painted a glass of water, you’d probably make it a kind of turquoise colour.

But would you want it to look that way if you actually poured it from the tap?

People in Cheshire claim their water is coming out green, and they’re finding it all a bit weird.

Lisa Wardle, from Langley, posted a picture on Facebook showing her bath water with a minty-coloured tinge to it.


She said water had been coming out this way for a week, and others commented below to say they’d had the same thing, the Macclesfield Express reported.

It’s green (Picture for illustration: Getty)

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‘I can confirm we have had green water in Langley since last Thursday. United utilities have been and tested water but not heard back what problem is,’ Emma Dalton said.

Others lived nearby in Sutton and on the Moss and said they had the same issue.

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It’s got a fairly simple explanation, which does not involve radioactive alien water.

United Utilities, who supply the water in that area, it was due to pipes in the home corroding rather than a problem in the general water supply.

Plumbing inside properties is often made of copper, which breaks down into blue particles (rather than pipes in the public supply which are usually iron, plastic or cement).

They said it was safe to drink but their advice was always to drink water from the kitchen cold water tap, which is where it first comes into the property rather than going around older piping in the home.

It’s possible that the homes affected might have been built around the same time, explaining why they are all affected.

Copper corrosion Blue or green water often has a metallic taste and is caused from copper being released from pipes in the home. While low levels of copper are essential for good health, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have given a health limit of 2 mg/L for copper levels in drinking water. Water with a copper level greater than this amount should not be consumed or used for food preparation. Source: South East Water