Mandy Waddell was preparing dinner Wednesday night with her children when she made a startling discovery after turning on her kitchen faucet.

Now, she's seeing pink and demanding answers.

"We poured some in a glass jar and held it up just to make it sure none of us were seeing things... and yeah its pink," says Waddell.

Waddell and her children haven't drank water out of her faucet in more than a day.

"No, we're not going to take that kind of risk," Waddell states.

But the salmon colored H2O isn't only in her sink... its in her toilet.

Waddell tried calling the Edmonson County Water Department, but all she's gotten are busy signals.

"I'd like to know what they are putting in it now to make it pink cause I don't know of anything you'd put in it to make it pink," notes Waddell.

Pink water also made its first appearance at "Laura's Hilltop Restaurant" about two days ago.

"A couple of customers asked if we served pink lemonade today instead of water," notes waitress, Stacey Duvall.

The restaurant did get a response from the water plant about the rose-colored liquid.

"My sister Laura, who runs the restaurant called the water department and they told her they put potassium in the water in order to clear up the brown that was previously in the water and too much pink made it light pink," says Duvall.

However, for now, the restaurant is only serving bottled water.

Now, Waddell's taking precautions against ever seeing the colored water again.

"I'm going to Wal-Mart and get some more bottled water and probably get a Brita filter system. I'm not going to let my kids drink pink water when you don't know whats in it," she says.

WBKO talked to an employee of the water plant who wished to remain anonymous, but says the "pink" water came from feeding potassium into the water stream to clear up the "brown" water from last week.

The water plant put too much potassium in the water, causing the color.

The employee says the water is still okay to drink.