High water levels in the Delaware River caused by significant rain storms in the New Jersey, Pennsyvania, Delaware tri-state area have caused Trenton Water Works to shut down pumps.

The pumps that needed to be shut down are those that help in filtering water at the city’s water filtration plant.

Water pressure began dropping in the Trenton area around 11:25 AM yesterday morning. Trenton Water Works has to stop pumping water from the river if it becomes too murky, according to Department of Environmental Protection rules and regulations.

The “Boil Water” warning came at about 4:00 PM yesterday afternoon. All customers in Trenton and Ewing are asked to boil their water to be on the safe side.

The Trenton City Council President George Muschal is blaming Mayor Tony Mack for the dirty water.

“Mayor Mack has gotten rid of a lot of people with a lot of experience’’ at the water works, Muschal said. “This just shows that we can’t do business this way. We can’t afford to fire people with all of this knowledge on how to run things. They’re trying to get rid of Charlie Rocco who has 55 years experience in sewer and Joe McIntyre who ran the filtration plant for about 26 years,” said Muschal.

As for the ETA for the water to be cleaned up, no one is sure yet. Have any readers noticed their water coming into their homes looking brown or cloudy?