jserbe
New Member
I see a lot of brown water questions, but most seem to be homes on well water. I have city water. We have lived in this house 7 years and over the last couple of months the water in the hallway bathtub is running brown. I can fill the whole tub and it still runs brown. The plumber said it just doesn't get used enough. We have started using the bathroom more and the problem seemed to go away. Left town on Thurs. morning and came back Sat afternoon. This afternoon I flushed the toilet in the master bath and the bowl filled with brown water. I checked the hall bath and everything there is running brown also. I have never had the brown water in the toilet before. I have my laundry room next to my master bath and the water in the washing machine appears to be clean (put some water in a large white cup). I have run the sinks, flushed many times and filled the tub...still brown. Water from the sink in the kitchen does not appear to be brown, but water in half bath (also on other side of house from hall bath) is brown also. Any ideas? One poster had a similar problem and the answer was nothing to worry about...but I really don't like the idea of taking a bath in brown water!