to nate paul orlousky who broke the story talked with people in the neighborhood who were dealing with the problem for years. >> reporter: we spent a good amount of time in the neighborhood talking to people and collecting water samples. their complaint are largely discoloration and taste. to be honest, they don't dr t >> we have lived here probably six years now. >> it was a surprise to us. >> we haven't drank the water since we moved here. >> what year was that? >> 15 years ago. >> reporter: this is where we collected the samples of water. water that flowed through old pipes that look like this and being replaced. however, it is not the only street where we got complaints. looked like this this morning. the pure white new one in the middle and the old brown one we watched her take out on top. at abbie's home she noticed a problem when filling the tub for her daughter's bath. on the day we were there it was not terrible, but monday she sent us this picture. the test results came back on monday and lead was found in abbie's water. the two other homes didn't have lead, but had high iron