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Ordinary tap water is causing some Tenessee residents to feel nauseous, a result of algae blooms in the Cumberland River.

But according to Kenny Vaughan, the water treatment plant superintendent, the water is “perfectly fine,” but is “a nuisance to people, particularly with a sensitive sense of taste and smell,” he told the newspaper. Oh yeah, Kenny! You'll get to keep your job!

Resident Peggy Kuhn said the water smells “of worms in their dirt” and said, “I just spit it back out. You can't drink it; it will literally make you gag.”

The algae blooms are a result of low river levels and high temperatures.

The treatment plant is adding more activated carbon to take care of the algae.

City officials are recommending to residents to loosely seal a glass container of water in the refrigerator and let it sit overnight to make it drinkable.