What is the reason why tap water turns yellow

There are many reasons why human tap water turns yellow. For example, if the tap water pipes of individual users are seriously aged, the rust inside will be more serious, causing the tap water to turn yellow. In addition, the water plant may not do a good job of water purification, which can easily cause the tap water to turn yellow. Water quality safety is very important. Once this happens, the specific reasons should be understood in time.

What causes tap water to turn yellow?

There are two main reasons. One reason is that the quality of users' tap water pipes is poor, the pipes are aging, and they are severely corroded, or the users' cast iron faucets are severely corroded, and users use water infrequently. On the other hand, sometimes due to seasonal reasons, algae grow in the upstream source water. In order to kill the algae and purify the water quality, the water plant needs to add more water purifiers that meet the hygiene requirements, such as ferric chloride, ferric chloride, etc., which may also cause the tap water to turn yellow temporarily.

The main solution to yellow tap water:

When tap water turns yellow, it will cause harmful substances in the water to exceed the standard, and the water quality will naturally deteriorate, which is very unsafe. If the problem is with the water supply tank and water supply pipe, the property staff will need to replace and clean it regularly. If there is a problem with the water pipes in your home, you can replace them with thin-walled stainless steel pipes. Products like Vigus thin-walled stainless steel pipes will avoid problems with the pipes themselves and ensure safer and more reliable water quality. In addition, regularly checking the water quality at home can ensure that the water used by your family is healthier.

Can tap water be drunk directly?

Many people think that tap water is strictly disinfected before being delivered to residential areas for drinking, and that tap water can be drunk directly. However, this is a lack of common sense. Why can't we drink tap water directly? The quality of tap water in my country has not yet reached the level where tap water in some developed countries can be directly drunk. In this case, boiling tap water before drinking is the most economical and hygienic disinfection method. Tap water is drinking water produced through multiple complex process steps and professional equipment. The tap water treatment process is as follows: first, the water must be drawn from rivers, lakes and reservoirs to the water plant (the water intakes in different regions are different, and the water source directly affects the quality of drinking water in a region); then it goes through sedimentation, sand filtration, disinfection, and storage (clean water reservoir), and then the water pump uses high pressure to input the tap water pipe. Now the country stipulates that PP pipes must be used instead of the iron pipes that were commonly used before, because the iron pipes will rust over time and cause serious secondary pollution; finally it is diverted to the user's faucet. The entire process requires multiple water quality tests, and in some places it even has to undergo secondary pressurization and secondary disinfection before it can enter the user's home. Nowadays, chlorination is mostly used for tap water disinfection. The main purpose of public water chlorination is to prevent water-borne diseases. This method has been promoted for more than 100 years and has relatively complete production technology and equipment. Chlorine used in tap water disinfection has the advantages of good disinfection effect, low cost, and almost no harmful substances. However, after understanding and studying the theoretical data, we believe that using chlorine to disinfect tap water still has certain disadvantages. Tap water after chlorination disinfection can produce carcinogens, and experts from relevant fields have also proposed many improvement measures.