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Charlesland - water discolouration

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  • 29-10-2020 4:13pm
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    eleMental
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭


    In Charlesland Grove - downstairs kitchen cold tap running super cloudy and discoloured. Irish Water told me to run the taps for 20 mins which I’ve done - no difference. They said there was a burst water mains locally this morning that’s probably causing it. Anyone else have the same issue??


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    Karlsand
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭Karlsand


    Yes same here, its like sparkling water coming out of the tap, fizzy! If you leave to sit for a moment it seems to clear up.....not advocating if its safe or not.


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    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/water-qa-why-my-drinking-water-cloudy?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects


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    eleMental
    Registered Users Posts: 332 ✭✭eleMental


    with all the building works going on around us here in charlesland i would like an OK from irish water before i drink it!!!!


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    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    eleMental wrote: »
    with all the building works going on around us here in charlesland i would like an OK from irish water before i drink it!!!!

    Why? What do you think is wrong? This has happened countless times over the years.


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    Alun
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    If it clears from the bottom up it's just dissolved oxygen in the water. Happens all the time when the supply is reconnected. A very slight brown discoloration is common too. It's down to dissolved tannins from the peat in the hills that surround the catchment area for the Roundwood reservoirs. They do remove a lot of it but there's a limit to how far they can go, and it's completely harmless.


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