When one gets a DISCOLOURED WATER SUPPLY, what are some of the factors which account for that situation?
There are two main reasons for the occurrence of a discoloured water supply: one having an origin at the source of the water and the other occouring along the water distribution system. In the former case, discolouration may vary with the kind of source and may be due to numerous conditions. For example, discolouration may result from the presence of minute quantities of iron in the water obtained from a well. On the other hand, when discolouration develops along a distribution system teh cause may vary from an accumulation of sediment in the main or corrosion (encrustation) which is disturbed by an unusually high velocity of water in a main, or to a reversal of flow (water made to flow in and opposite direction).
