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    Connie G Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 27, 2012, 04:28 PM
    Brown water
    I just turned on my kitchen facet and the cold has hot rusty/brown water exiting it, the longer I had the facet on the browner the water became, I turned on the hot side that was also hot and Brown- I have a water tank less than a year old it's electric and I am on a well-any ideas of what to do?
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    Aug 28, 2012, 07:50 AM
    Several things come to mind. Sounds like one of two things, Silt or rust? How old is your house and what material are the water pipes?
    Has it been a dry season? Let me know, Tom
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