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My water is brown with rust
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 489469" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The water testing needs to come first. There's several puzzles here.</p><p></p><p>1) There is more than one possible cause for that brown color - one is rust, another is clay, and I'm sure there's probably more... only the testing of a water sample can tell for sure.</p><p></p><p>2) You've only noticed it a few times. If its as bad as it seems, you would at least notice it in dishwater when doing dishes. Or in the color of the water in the toilet. </p><p></p><p>3) Your skin problems seem to have been intermittent - not a steady build-up, or a noticable problem from the day you got there. A problem with the water source, "should" be more consistent.</p><p></p><p>Given that when you've noticed it, has been with things like the tub - AND that its recently bothering your skin from the shower... and that you haven't noticed it in the toilet water...</p><p>I'm going to guess that its the hot water heater that is causing the problem you SEE.</p><p></p><p>Yes, there might be some level of iron problem in the water overall... but not necessarily to a level that is quite that obvious, Know what I mean?? So, you may well have BOTH problems, but the hot water heater is making it worse. And fixing the hot water heater may be sufficient for "comfort", but you don't want to tell the landlady THAT.</p><p></p><p>Did you draw some cold water and compare?</p><p>If it is relatively clear, you could try boiling up cold water, and have a sponge bath, or for face wash etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 489469, member: 11791"] The water testing needs to come first. There's several puzzles here. 1) There is more than one possible cause for that brown color - one is rust, another is clay, and I'm sure there's probably more... only the testing of a water sample can tell for sure. 2) You've only noticed it a few times. If its as bad as it seems, you would at least notice it in dishwater when doing dishes. Or in the color of the water in the toilet. 3) Your skin problems seem to have been intermittent - not a steady build-up, or a noticable problem from the day you got there. A problem with the water source, "should" be more consistent. Given that when you've noticed it, has been with things like the tub - AND that its recently bothering your skin from the shower... and that you haven't noticed it in the toilet water... I'm going to guess that its the hot water heater that is causing the problem you SEE. Yes, there might be some level of iron problem in the water overall... but not necessarily to a level that is quite that obvious, Know what I mean?? So, you may well have BOTH problems, but the hot water heater is making it worse. And fixing the hot water heater may be sufficient for "comfort", but you don't want to tell the landlady THAT. Did you draw some cold water and compare? If it is relatively clear, you could try boiling up cold water, and have a sponge bath, or for face wash etc. [/QUOTE]
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