What is wrong with the water?

[dogpoo]

For a few days now the water has been very dis-colored, it smells awful and it is staining everything it comes into contact with, what's the problem and how much longer will it continue to be a problem!

[LivinginKata]

Are you using piped in government water or trucked in water ? What location ?

[KarenBravo]

Are you on town water, or do you have a well?

[NamKangMan]

I'd say you are at the bottom of your tank. Time to order a truck of water.

[dogpoo]

No it's piped water, everything smells rusty if that makes sense, the toilet is just stained a nasty brown color! Wat Chalong area.

Edited December 17, 2013 by dogpoo

[NamKangMan]

No it's piped water, everything smells rusty if that makes sense, the toilet is just stained a nasty brown color! Wat Chalong area.

Could be a broken pipe near your place and the "rust" is actually mud, or soil. What's the water pressure like?

[dogpoo]

This is the toilet not a curry from the night before lol the water pressure is always poor during the day.

[KarenBravo]

The water is heavy with iron oxide. The water authorities must have switched to another (crap) supply.

One of the many reasons why I don't use town water.

Edited December 17, 2013 by KarenBravo

[dogpoo]

Wishing I could use another method, everything smells!

[NamKangMan]

Wishing I could use another method, everything smells!

In the past, I have taken my laundry to various shops around the island to be washed. The washing would come back clean of some dirt stains, but smelt bad. Now I know why my washing smelt bad.

Can you even shower in that? That's a disgrace, for a World Class tourist desination.

Edited December 17, 2013 by NamKangMan

[dogpoo]

Yes you can shower if you don't mind smelling differently!!

[N47HAN]

Up north too. They've actually just come and opened up the hydrant , yes the one I reversed into for those that remember my post

Ran the water out for about 20 minutes untill clear, then closed it off .

[keestha]

Old Thai people will be able to tell you there are transparant/milky crystal like stones which make brown water clear when you put them into it for some time. I managed to buy them once in Hua Hin in the nineties, when the tap water had gone brown.

[seabear]

Old Thai people will be able to tell you there are transparant/milky crystal like stones which make brown water clear when you put them into it for some time. I managed to buy them once in Hua Hin in the nineties, when the tap water had gone brown.

It's Aluminium Sulphate (also sometimes called sour stone)

It's a flocculant.

Super cheap has (had?) it.

[dogpoo]

Is this harmful to you in any way, the brown color is gradually going but the smell still remains, what is wrong with this country are they incapable of supplying a decent water supply?

[simon43]

Slightly off-topic (well completely off-topic, but an amusing story).

Last year, when I lived in Yangon (Myanmar), my shower water was very brown and dirty and smelt terrible. I had no choice but to wash in it and to wash my clothes in this dirty water.

I investigated the source of the water supply and found that it was pumped from the nearby river.

I then investigated where my toilet waste went, and found that it was emptied into the nearby river ...

Edited December 18, 2013 by simon43

[NamKangMan]

Is this harmful to you in any way, the brown color is gradually going but the smell still remains, what is wrong with this country are they incapable of supplying a decent water supply?

"what is wrong with this country are they incapable of supplying a decent water supply?" - especially considering how much rain the place gets.

[nedkellylives]

Old Thai people will be able to tell you there are transparant/milky crystal like stones which make brown water clear when you put them into it for some time. I managed to buy them once in Hua Hin in the nineties, when the tap water had gone brown.

It's Aluminium Sulphate (also sometimes called sour stone)

It's a flocculant.

Super cheap has (had?) it.

All pool supply shops have aluminiun sulphate as well, it settles all the dirt particles to the bottom

In storage tanks you need a bottom outlet to flush it out once settled if you use it on a regular basis

[seabear]

Is this harmful to you in any way, the brown color is gradually going but the smell still remains, what is wrong with this country are they incapable of supplying a decent water supply?

Not harmfull.

The suspended solids (SS) are bundled and sink. And can then be drained or sucked off.

Don't know what to do about the smell. Google?

What's wrong with this country? Too many things to list.

Your last question: Yes!

Many years ago I went to the waterworks in Kathu (Phuket) and informed them, that the water was dirty.

The woman at the counter let me know, that there is no dirty water in Thailand.

As I was speechless, I gave her a big fake smile, and left without any further futil comment.

[JetsetBkk]

Down in Rawai, the water smells of chlorine quite often - 2 or 3 times a month.

When the water is cut off - because of road works or whatever - it nearly always comes back brown and I have to run it for maybe 15 minutes with all taps open and toilets flushed to get it clear.

Or I just wait as long as possible before trying the water supply after it has been cut - let someone else clear the pipes.

[dogpoo]

Water back to normal, what ever it was has ruined the kitchen sink, it has discolored the chrome effect surface! Looks awful now!

[NamKangMan]

Water back to normal, what ever it was has ruined the kitchen sink, it has discolored the chrome effect surface! Looks awful now!

You could try some sort of cutting compound polish, similar to the polish used on old cars. That could cut away the rust stains and bring the steel back to a shine.

[hansgruber]

Down in Rawai, the water smells of chlorine quite often - 2 or 3 times a month.

When the water is cut off - because of road works or whatever - it nearly always comes back brown and I have to run it for maybe 15 minutes with all taps open and toilets flushed to get it clear.

Or I just wait as long as possible before trying the water supply after it has been cut - let someone else clear the pipes.

I'd take chlorine smell over fecal smell anyday.

[dogpoo]

Down in Rawai, the water smells of chlorine quite often - 2 or 3 times a month.

When the water is cut off - because of road works or whatever - it nearly always comes back brown and I have to run it for maybe 15 minutes with all taps open and toilets flushed to get it clear.

Or I just wait as long as possible before trying the water supply after it has been cut - let someone else clear the pipes.

I'd take chlorine smell over fecal smell anyday.

It wasn't a chlorine smell it was a sort of rust smell!

[NamKangMan]

Down in Rawai, the water smells of chlorine quite often - 2 or 3 times a month.

When the water is cut off - because of road works or whatever - it nearly always comes back brown and I have to run it for maybe 15 minutes with all taps open and toilets flushed to get it clear.

Or I just wait as long as possible before trying the water supply after it has been cut - let someone else clear the pipes.

I'd take chlorine smell over fecal smell anyday.

It wasn't a chlorine smell it was a sort of rust smell!

That smell is from the feces of someone who has too much iron in their diet.

[dogpoo]

Down in Rawai, the water smells of chlorine quite often - 2 or 3 times a month.

When the water is cut off - because of road works or whatever - it nearly always comes back brown and I have to run it for maybe 15 minutes with all taps open and toilets flushed to get it clear.

Or I just wait as long as possible before trying the water supply after it has been cut - let someone else clear the pipes.

I'd take chlorine smell over fecal smell anyday.

It wasn't a chlorine smell it was a sort of rust smell!

That smell is from the feces of someone who has too much iron in their diet.

Not nice!.,

Edited December 23, 2013 by dogpoo