Don’t know if its the same thing since municipal wells are usually deeper than private wells. My grandpa had a well that was only three hundred feet deep. One summer there was a drought and he used well water to keep his forty acres of crops, mostly potatoes alive. His water turned brown when he drained the well down more than usual. By November it was back to normal. It could be the stress that horrible facility has put on the local water table that has caused this and wont stop until they are stopped.