We live in an apartment complex that just had the well pumps replaced. For the past 2 days, we've had EXTREMELY (so bad you can't see through it at all...)discolored water. Our landlord sent us an e-mail explaining that is was iron/maganesse that was stirred up during the replacement. He also added that it will be this way for at least 2 more days...
My question is, is this water safe? I have bottled water for cooking and drinking, but what about tooth brushing, bathing, face washing..ect? I haven't given my son a bath for 2 days becuase the water is so dirty looking.
Thanks :-)
J.,
I would contact the town offices where you live and ask them what they think. They should be able to tell you.
Good luck,
L. M
i would call your towns public works department and ask them.they should know whether it it is safe
It's common to stir up that stuff when plumbing work is done, but I'd avoid the water until it clears up and the minerals settle back down. I have a filtration system for our pump (we have very iron, mag.-heavy water) that flushes the minerals out every day. When that backwash pipe broke, it sprayed the minerals all over our lawn and it killed every bit of vegetation in its path. And while the minerals are a natural part of our soil and water, after seeing how it burns grass, I wouldn't dunk my kids in it.
I live in a town where this happens sometimes. The water is probably safe, but it is not clean so i would say - bottled water only. I would try to find somewhere else to bathe too. No teethbrushing in it!
My husband is a plumber so I totally understand what your talking about. He actaully runs the hose outside to help it clear up faster but it all depends on where they placed the new pump. It coold be low and sucking up the settlement more than what they stirred up replacing the pump. He's told me before and I just spoke with him on your situation. He says it is okay to bathe in but not to comsume it in anyway. So your right with the bottle water. My concern is, will your son do so while taking a bath. My daughter whose 3 always splashes and gets her face wet and such while bathing, so I would be more hesitant. If you have somewhere else you can bathe him, I would do that instead, personally.
We used to live in Gloucester and it would get like that once or twice a year...we didn't use the water for anything, it was just too gross.
This happened to us to where we used to live.
I called city hall and spoke to the water dept.
They assured me it was safe but I couldn't bathe my kids in that water. It lasted about 2
or 3 days. We drank bottled water. I sponged them off if I had too.
