Many folks in Edmonson County are heading to the faucet only to find the water coming out of it cloudy and brown.

But officials there tell us residents shouldn't have anything to worry about.

When you think of Brownsville, you usually don't think of the water in Brownsville actually being brown--but it is.

Laura's Hilltop Restaurant is dealing with the brown water and has been since the weekend.

"We don't drink the water. Our tea is boiled, and the water we cook with is boiled. But as far as drinking it? No, we don't," assured Laura Jacobs, owner of Laura's Hilltop Restaurant.

The off-color water is a concern many in Brownsville have, but officials assure aside from an excess of a couple of extra minerals, it's still the same H20.

"What's happened is all the iron and magnesium content that's settled in the bottom of the lake is flushed out and it comes out in a big quantity," explained Nelson Sanders, general manager of the Edmonson County Water District.

Sanders says it's something that happens every year around this time when the Corps of Engineers lower the Nolin Lake.

"It's not mud or anything. It's just the iron content that's gotten into the system," Sanders said.

Sanders says he's worked at the water district for 38 years and the discoloration is the worst he's seen it.

But he assures the water's safe.

"We tested it. It has the proper amount of chlorine in it. If it didn't--that's when you'd have bacteria growing," Sanders said.

But Laura's Hilltop Restaurant isn't taking any chances and employees there are ready to see the water flow color-free.

"We're hoping that it'll be cleared up, if not we'll have bottled water. By Friday, if it's not cleared up, I will have bottled water here," Jacobs assured.

Nelson Sanders at the Edmonson County Water District says the discolored water is in pockets throughout the lines in Brownsville.

He says they hope to hope them all flushed out by the end of the week.