Cloudy Tap Water
When you go to your sink for a drink of water, you assume it will be crystal clear. However, you may be concerned when cloudy tap water goes into your glass. While you may be wondering if it is safe, our team here at Boss Plumbing knows cloudy sink water is actually pretty common in many homes here in LA and surrounding communities.
However, since cloudy water can be brought about by things that are perfectly harmless as well as very serious issues, it’s always best to call on experienced plumbing professionals to determine the cause and find out what you can do about your cloudy water. To help with this, we’ve got a few tips for you to keep in mind.
What Causes Cloudy Tap Water?
Air Bubbles
When you get a glass of water, watch to see if it clears from the bottom up within a few minutes. If it does, your cloudy water problem is being caused by air bubbles, which are harmless. The bubbles can get trapped in your home’s water due to air within your plumbing system, increased water pressure, or due to recent plumbing work done at your home.
Hard Water
If you’ve got hard water in your LA home, you’ll notice such things as cloudy water in a glass that never gets clear, white spots on glasses after they have been washed, stiff and discolored clothing after washing, and discolored mineral deposits built up on water-using appliances.
High TSS Concentration
TSS stands for Total Suspended Solids, the most common of which are sediment, iron, manganese, silt, clay, and algae. Since there are no current EPA standards to measure acceptable TSS levels in drinking water, you may wonder if water with this issue is ok to drink. Should your water look unusually cloudy, this could mean it has concerning levels of bacteria growth.
Methane Gas
If you rely on a well for your home’s water, find water regularly sputters from your faucets, or notice your water has white air bubbles, each of these may indicate you have levels of methane gas in your tap water. If you get it tested and find levels to be less than 10mg/L, your water will be ok to drink.
Is Cloudy Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Since our team here at Boss Plumbing knows many factors can lead to cloudy tap water, we also know you should take all necessary precautions when determining if your water is safe to drink.
While you shouldn’t have any worries about consuming water that is cloudy due to air bubbles or hard water, we suggest you take extra precautions if the cloudy water problem is due to high TSS or methane gas levels. If you have had a water filtration system recently installed and notice your water becomes clear once passing through the filter, TSS levels are high.
Fortunately, the water filtration system should solve your problem. As for methane gas, if levels exceed 28 mg/L, it is best if you have an aeration system put into place so that methane gas levels are safer.
Solutions for Your Cloudy Water
Since you have no desire to see cloudy tap water every time you go to your sink, we know you are eager to learn about solutions to this problem. Here at Boss Plumbing, we’ve got lots of them that can give you peace of mind as well as beautiful, clear water.
- Air Bubbles
Since air bubbles can occur after recent plumbing work in your home, such as having a new electric water heater installed, you can ask us to install an air elimination valve on your home’s plumbing system.
- Extra Minerals
Should your home be found to have hard water, you can rely on one of our experienced Boss Plumbing pros to install a whole-home reverse osmosis filtration system that can solve your problem in no time. This system will clean extra minerals from your home’s water, and will also remove harmful bacteria and chemicals that could make you and your family sick.
- High TSS
To get rid of high TSS levels, a standard bag or cartridge water filter will suffice if your water is barely cloudy. For very cloudy water, a multi-level media water filtration system may be needed.
- Methane Gas
If your gas levels are between 7-28mg/L, a vented well cap will need to be installed at your home. For levels exceeding 28mg/L, an aeration system should be installed.
Contact Us For Assistance
When cloudy sink water is part of your home life, we here at Boss Plumbing know it is something you want to get rid of as fast as possible. Whether the problem is stemming from too much methane gas or other problems that may not be as serious, it is always best if you call on plumbing experts who can not only determine the cause of the problem, but also explain the various plumbing repair services available to you in easy-to-understand terms.
Always providing our customers free estimates before we begin any job, you can count on us to make cloudy tap water a thing of the past in no time at all. If you’re ready to get rid of cloudy sink water once and for all, contact us today for immediate assistance here at Boss Plumbing. Once one of our team members figures out what’s wrong and how we can help, you’ll have immediate peace of mind.
