Jugs and bottles of water don't normally fill Brittany Fischer's trunk, but that's what this Muskego mom is now forced to do after bacteria was discovered in her private well.

Fischer's water is unsafe to drink after coliform bacteria was found in her well. While coliform isn't necessarily harmful, its presence can indicate a pathway for more dangerous microorganisms.

"I wouldn't have even thought to get it checked, but your mom gut kicks in and I was like, we should probably get that checked," Fischer said.

It wasn't what the water looked like that tipped off Fischer that something might have been wrong — it was the symptoms that she and her children were experiencing that pointed to contamination.

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