I am having a very thick milky rust filling up in the toilets and now through the sinks! We are in SW Florida and have had a lot of heavy rain the last 2 days. We have never had this happen in the 25 years that we have been here. My softener has not worked in about a year. We just had a new pump put in.
Someone is also building a new house next door and just had a well drilled. We have had more rain than this many other times in 25 yrs and have never had this. Someone said you can buy a filter to put on the well to stop it. Please help me. Before I took this pic it was a lot thicker and darker this morning. But it seems to have cleared up some. I am afraid also what it is doing to my hot water heater.
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The well casing itself may be old and rusting.
I will call in a pro to look at this...especially since you said that work was being done next door. Yikes!!! Who knows if they hit something they shouldn't have or tapped into something they shouldn't have. That was a red flag to me!
I have learned from years of experience there are two things I don't monkey with on my own...water and electricity. It is pound foolish to do this to make these 2 things DIY projects or guess and try lots of things that could make the problem worse and cost even more in the long run!
Let us know what they find!
You should have your water tested and maybe show photos to your local or state Health and Human Services Department. Just Google this with your zip code.
Do not try and fix this problem yourself, I would call a professional to take a sample and have it analyzed. It might be hazardous to your health.
It looks to me like your water softener membrane broke. When that happens all those little softener beads get in your water lines.
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