My house water is brown i have to keep changing the filter. even when i change the filter the water is still brown does anyone know what's wrong?
2006-09-05 08:40:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Brown water comes from old, rusting iron pipes where the water sits for awhile. It is not toxic. The oxided by product of rust causes the brown coloring. The city cannot help you because it is coming from your pipes. If you run the water through your pipes more often, it will help. You will want to replace the pipes eventually though because they will rust through to the outside and leak.
2006-09-05 08:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by runningviolin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be high levels of iron, or mud. If you have a well have the water tested at your local health department, they give you a sample bottle and charge about 25 bux. Their report will tell you
the levels of every chemical and/or pollutant in your water.
If it's a well, a filtration system at the pump will take out the iron. If it's not iron, and you have mud, your well may be running dry - OR - as ours did, just be running low, and need to be run dry and allowed to refill a couple of times. We hooked up a garden house and ran it down the mountain slope in our backyard and let the well run dry for 2 days in a row. A neigbor's well took 5 or 6 times to clear it.
If none of that is the problem, call a well drilling company, they provide service maintenance.
2006-09-05 15:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's bacteria. you have contaminated water. It will clear up for a few weeks if you put a cup of bleach in your water heater. That is a temporary fix. You have to treat the water for bacteria where it comes into the house.
If it is municiple water, your utility must fix the water quality by law. Likely you are on a well and that well is either too shallow and/or too close to a septic drainage field.
2006-09-05 15:47:32 · answer #3 · answered by waplambadoobatawhopbamboo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be a few things going on. Do you have Galvinized Plumbing(metal)? If so how old is the plumbing, this could be the culprit. You can try flushing your hot water heater, manufactures recomend flushing atleast once a year, depending on your location. You may also want to consider adding a water softner to your home.
2006-09-05 15:51:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, is your water supplied by well? If so, your level may be dropping. If not, it could be sediment in the lines. Then the Water Dept has to flush out the lines at the street.
2006-09-05 15:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by GRUMPY1LUVS2EAT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A number of things come to mind. Call a plumber and take a sample of water for testing so you can find out what's in it.
Good luck!
2006-09-05 15:47:19 · answer #6 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pipes are so rusty that it is getting into the water. And that is not good. You need to get the pipes changed.
2006-09-05 15:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by uchaboo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do the plumbing yourself? Perhaps the WC is directly connected to the kitchen. How's the food taste?
2006-09-05 15:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by jrr_hill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably rust in the line.
Is it an old house?
You probably want to look into getting your plumbing re-done.
Expensive. But, the rust COULD have lead in it. THAT is dangerous.
2006-09-05 15:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by ICG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe there was some road works happening in your area where they was changing the water pipes
thats whats happened with us before
2006-09-05 15:47:28 · answer #10 · answered by the_cheese_thief 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋