What causes brown water

donredmann Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Sep 17, 2008, 06:31 PM

What causes brown water

What are the minerals that cause the brown water.

Capuchin Posts: 5,255, Reputation: 656

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Sep 17, 2008, 06:39 PM

Brown water where? Do you just mean muddy water?

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Sep 18, 2008, 09:43 AM

Iron, usually.

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