On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:10:18 +0700, John B.
wrote:

Re rust in tank? I thought that now days all hot water heaters had
either glass lined or stainless tanks?

Re drinking rusty water... Don't people take "iron pills"?

The filth is stuff that has settled out of the water.

Which might include rust -- well water around here has a very high
iron content. The first time I saw the spring behind the highway
garage, I thought it was coming out of a rusty steel pipe. It was
plastic pipe that splash from the spring had been settling on.

I feel a disconnect when people who have always lived here complain
that the water is hard. I can wash my clothes in it without any
treatment, and I can leave dishes in water until I get around to
washing them -- that's *soft*. Where I grew up, we got flowstone in
the tub and sink, and water left in a glass would precipitate on the
sides and bottom.

But it was really great for the teeth of growing children.

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