Blue water ??

[MountainGirl]

Friends of ours, a few miles away, are on a well (>40') and their water at the faucet seems to come out clear but when the bathtub is filled (they showed us) it has a definite pale light blue tint.

They also said that standing water (in an otherwise clean area) develops a nasty clear slime that clings to the bottom and sides of the container, after a few days.

They never had it tested. They drink either bottled water or their well water filtered through a Berkey type setup - but I'm not sure that filtering would be enough for me to drink it...

Any ideas what's going on?

 

[oldag]

They should have it tested. Not that expensive.

 

[thescoutranch]

Watching

 

[robertc1024]

Calling TxRedneck...

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Conroe water is about the same. Nasty stuff.

 

[thescoutranch]

Do you know if they get the slime build up on their Berkey type filter?

 

[dsgrey]

Blue tint typically indicates some type of metal in the water...not good.

 

[Coyote9]

Friends of ours, a few miles away, are on a well (>40') and their water at the faucet seems to come out clear but when the bathtub is filled (they showed us) it has a definite pale light blue tint.

They also said that standing water (in an otherwise clean area) develops a nasty clear slime that clings to the bottom and sides of the container, after a few days.

They never had it tested. They drink either bottled water or their well water filtered through a Berkey type setup - but I'm not sure that filtering would be enough for me to drink it...

Any ideas what's going on?

Texas Tech and Texas A&M provide inexpensive well water testing for us in the Panhandle, contact your regional state Agriculture Agent

 

[deemus]

I was going to suggest calling the county extension agent.

 

[baboon]

Out here its black from lignite.

 

[MountainGirl]

Do you know if they get the slime build up on their Berkey type filter?

I asked her about that. She said yeah sometimes, and they go through a lot of filters. I quit asking after that, didn't push it, their business.

Out here its black from lignite.

I'm wondering if the blue is from Iron... or copper maybe?

 

[MountainGirl]

Blue tint typically indicates some type of metal in the water...not good.

Iron? Copper? Can't remember what goes blue.

 

[oldag]

According to some websites, it can be a sign of copper corrosion.

https://www.hunker.com/13415416/what-causes-a-blue-tint-in-well-water

And then there is this:

 

[Eastexasrick]

Copper, salts of copper, copper sulfates and sulfide. Some Iron and Manganese oxides can also make a blue tinge in water. As previously stated, they need to have it tested.

 

[Lead Belly]

Although quite rare, green or blue water may either be the result of algal growth or extreme copper corrosion.

It’s best to avoid drinking green or blue water.

 

[glenbo]

Although quite rare, green or blue water may either be the result of algal growth or extreme copper corrosion.

It’s best to avoid drinking green or blue water.

But yellow is okay if you need salt.

 

[Lead Belly]

But yellow is okay if you need salt.

Don't eat the yellow snow.