On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:58:51 -0700, None wrote:
A couple of years ago, I got the water board to 'flush' out the mains
in the road, and the water quality changed dramatically.

Surely there are some sort of national minimum water quality standards
that they have to adhere to, with large penalties for failing to comply?
I'm amazed it can be as bad as you say and they refuse to at least come
and take samples to ensure that it's not on their side of things.

Are the water company's offices anywhere that you can get to? Maybe
waving a physical sample under their noses might get them to do
something (sending water through the post might prove difficult

cheers

Jules