Tap water quality

slinga

Dunno if this is the correct forum?


I wonder about our tap water.


The shower over the bath takes water from our house input pipe.
It then goes through an instant water heater.


There is a shower curtain and over a period of 6 months to a year the shower curtain gets a pink deposit on it from water coming out of the shower.
The shower nozzle holes also become blocked with a pink deposit.


The water from the bath taps which we no longer use pass through a water boiler and over a year plus, due to a very small drip, deposit some pink residue on the side of the bath.
As far as I know all the pipes are copper

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

According to Google, it's an airborne bacteria that likes damp conditions rather than the water.

that

copper salts are often blue-ish, but there is a light brown one called copper chloride but is only this colour when it is dry and when it is wet goes blue/green. Doubt you copper pipe is being dissolved away.

Personally would be inclined after a shower to spray the curtain with vinegar, and a small receptacle for the shower head with vinegar would do no harm either. See what transpires as the above post seems reasonable.

slinga

Thanks for both answers.


I mentioned the copper pipes because I wanted to discount anybody raising the issue and I know pink is not a colour copper produces.


We have to clean the shower head every 6 months ish because the pinkish deposit blocks the shower head holes.
The shower curtain is put in the washing machine to clean it.


What do I google to read about the airborne bacteria. Although that doesn't seem right to me I'd like to read about it.

Lorian

See

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/524479/pink-mould-in-shower

It has the answer a few posts down.