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    Jul 19, 2015, 02:04 PM
    Brown water from filling pool
    Filling small pool well water turned brown/muddy
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    Jul 19, 2015, 02:47 PM
    Are you in an area that's having a drought. Low well water level usually causes that.
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    Jul 19, 2015, 05:50 PM
    Good question by Smoothy... could be. It could also be an iron bacterium and a resultant ferric oxide. If this continues it is probably time to have the well water tested... usually free from most water filtration supply companies!

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