What causes black **** to build up in the water faucets and the dishwasher and everywhere water comes into the house? We have had the water company here soooooo many times and now they are saying they
What causes black gook to build up in the water faucets and the dishwasher and everywhere water comes into the house? We have had the water company here soooooo many times and now they are saying they are going to replace the pipes in the road that the water comes to the house in.
Plumbing - Delta Faucet
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The cause is Hydrogen Sulfide either in the wells they are pumping from or due to bacteria. Do you also have a 'rotten egg' odor? High concentrations of this gas can be deadly. You should get the yearly report the water company must produce on the composition of your water and analyze it. You may want to have the water in your home testes to see if it has the same percentage of H2S that they are reporting.
You can remove some of it by Carbon Filtration but you would have to speak to a local water treatment company.