When John Dekker fills his hot tub in Fennville, Mich., it’s so brown he can’t even see the top nozzle. When Kari Craton waters her garden, everything turns orange – before dying. Find out what’s going on in this rural Michigan town, and why its residents are outraged.

This video was produced by Medill School of Journalism student Takayuki Ono for the Project Report contest to win a reporting assignment with the Pulitzer Center.