Discolored water may occur when crews perform maintenance on a water main near your home. A change in water velocities can cause the iron compounds that accumulate in water mains to become suspended in the water. This is a temporary condition and is harmless. Typically, allowing your tap to run will flush out the discolored water and clear water will appear.

There may have been a change in pressure in the line due to hydrant flushing, a fire, turning on a valve, etc... The Water Quality Assurance Lab may have additional information about the rusty water. The number is 645-7691.

A. Fire hydrant flushing and water main repairs can disturb sediments in water mains, resulting in red or brown-colored tap water. If you detect red or discolored water, turn on a single COLD water tap for a few minutes to flush any sediment out of your pipes. While red or discolored water is not a health concern, it can stain laundry.

Discolored water may occur when crews perform maintenance on a water main near your home. A change in water velocities can cause the iron compounds that accumulate in water mains to become suspended in the water. This is a temporary condition and is harmless. Typically, allowing your tap to run will flush out the discolored water and clear water will appear.

Discolored or rusty water may occur as a result of a few different events. If a fire hydrant has been opened for routine testing ("flushing,"usually performed in the month of October), or if City street sweepers have opened the hydrant to fill their trucks, residents nearby may experience dirty or discolored water.

The first thing you should do is to allow your tap to run a few minutes to see if it clears up. This will help you determine if the discolored water is coming from the distribution system or your home's plumbing system. If this doesn't correct the problem within about five (5) minutes, please contact the following numbers:

Relatively inexpensive conductivity meters are available. They will give you an approximation of your TDS in your water and fertilizer mix. The short answer is yes, unless you have a sodium-based water softener.

The Fire Department may be doing hydrant flushing. Run the water for approximately ten minutes and it should clear up. Also, run water in the washing machine to prevent rust stains on clothes.

It could be caused by a water main break or sudden opening of a fire hydrant. Turn on the faucet and let the water run until the water is clear.

In most cases, discoloration is caused when particles of formula inadvertently enter the bottle of Nursery® Water when preparing your child's bottle. When mixing Nursery® Water with formula, it is important that you pour the water into a clean bottle first and then add the correct amount of formula. Formula particles that enter the bottle of Nursery® Water may also cause mold if not handled properly. Nursery® Water has fluoride added in a concentration of up to 0.

Your water may be discolored for several reasons. Sometimes when the water is treated with chlorine, the chlorine can react with the iron and manganese found naturally in our wells, causing discoloration. Water is also often discolored when the Water District flushes the hydrants and water mains. You should avoid washing your laundry when the Hydrant Flushing Program is going on in your neighborhood. Your water should be clear again several hours after the flushing stops for the day.

Discolored water can be caused by many factors, i.e., construction in the area, lightening strikes, operation of a fire hydrant, natural ground movement, and adding additional pumping capacity to the water system. Because most of these factors can not be anticipated or controlled by CAW, it is necessary to address the situation after it has happened. Determine if the discoloration is in your hot water or your cold water.

Short answer--No! There are a number of "nasty" micro-organisms, especially acanthomeba (sp) which likes feeding on corneal tissue. Storing lenses in water also defeats the purpose of using a disinfecting solution as there is no disinfection occurring. If anything you are exposing your lenses to more potentially dangerous microorganisms.

Yes. It would be extremely difficult for a bioterrorist to contaminate our drinking water supplies to cause widespread illness. Huge amounts of water are pumped daily from our reservoirs, most of which is used for industrial and other purposes. Anything deliberately put into the water supply would be greatly diluted. Poisoning water supplies would require truckloads of biological or chemical agents that are difficult to produce and relatively easy to detect.

Tap water is not automatically safe. It may be contaminated with chemicals, bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and dirt. Have your tap water tested by a laboratory. Then ask a water company to design a filtration and purification system based on the lab results. If your water comes from a well, it may be necessary to have it softened, which means eliminating hard elements like calcium, iron, and magnesium.

WATER FILTERS: One way to avoid fluoride from the tap is to purchase a water filter. However, most water filters will not effectively remove fluoride. For instance, Brita filters will NOT remove fluoride. The two types of filters which will reliably remove more than 90% of the fluoride are reverse-osmosis filters and activated alumina filters. Thus, if you are looking for a filter to remove fluoride, make sure it uses "reverse-osmosis" or "activated alumina" technology.

Help. I didnt get a warranty card with my omega 8001 juicer. What I need is a warranty card to guarantee my 5 years warranty...as so stated in the owners manual. There was no warranty card in the box with the juicer.