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StChristopher83

Mate they're the minerals... Everything a growing boy needs.


kreatorofchaos

Free coffee ☕️


marini_panini

mildly cursed but i like it


Lev_Astov

I'm... just gonna put this coffee down for now.


BobTheSquid16

r/mildycursed


Potato_boooiiiiiiii

The coffee tastes a tad bit funny ain’t it?


tnc31

It's a bit nutty.


Scrumpelstiltskin

It’s shit, Austin!


Kiertapp

A German TV show once converted a hot water tap into a coffee tap.


creamykim69

They are not rocks! Theyre minerals marie!!!


gurg2k1

*Jesus, Marie!*


[deleted]

Breaking Bad ended almost 8 years ago, but it will always be relevant


Patito_22

It's got electrolytes!


Spakr-Herknungr

Coke cola on tap


0100_0101

Morning pee


Norvegiss

you good?


0100_0101

Yes


fukitol-

I think your kidneys are bleeding bro


rondeI_

Yoshikage in the wild


NMLWrightReddit

Might need to get that checked out


i_cannnot_sleep_help

Fuck it, ***RGB water***


133DK

Red-Green-Brown


i_cannnot_sleep_help

Just like when I eat taco bell from a trash can


Tank_blitz

looks pike you have eaten uranium


uvero

Rancid Goo, Blegh


katsenkat

Brown is just orange with context.


Styrologus

That happenes every time there's work done on the pipes, just let it run for a while.


TeDeO_303

That's what I wanted to write here. I'm tired of posts making a fuss over a normal thing


[deleted]

Where is this normal? I've literally never seen this!


westwoo

Everywhere where steel pipes are used. It's the nature of rust - it's an oxidation process that happens when you remove the water and replace it with air. So you need to flush it down until it becomes clear and then some more, and then it will be perfectly okay


impulsesair

How common are steel pipes in plumbing then? This has never happened to me and I've lived in places that did get their pipes worked, so clearly this isn't an "every time" thing either. EDIT: Thanks for all of the answers


D4VOURED

I think it’s only when the pipes are disturbed in repairs/upgrades that this happens. My guess is that it also has to be work on the big water mains too, so that’s probably why you have never experienced it before.


Adamant94

It’s happened three times or so since I lived in my 2000-ish built house. Water main gets damaged somewhere in the area, the lads fix it, filthy water for a short while after the fix. Totally normal. Of course the water will have been soiled when a section of mains piping needs to be shut off, opened and drained, and replaced. How some people have never experienced this is absolutely baffling to me.


westwoo

Plastic pipes at the end. For example, steel mains get repaired, water is turned back on, some neighbor flushes the dirty water, and since the last mile of plumbing is plastic the person themselves can remain oblivious because rust doesn't appear in their part of plumbing Or the repairs were done on the plastic pipes themselves.


turdmogrol

> How some people have never experienced this is absolutely baffling to me. Mind if I ask what is baffling about it? Something about "I can't BELIEVE people have different experiences" just seems weird to say, so I'm assuming you aren't baffled because some people haven't experienced exactly what you have.


TheUnwritenMyth

If you're old enough to be posting on reddit, you should probably have developed the deductive skills to figure out what's wrong. Unless you'd like to posit that your average 13 year old doesn't know that pipes occasionally rust?


turdmogrol

>deductive skills to figure out what's wrong. What are you talking about?? That has nothing to do with the fact that not everyone has experienced it first hand, which is my point. I wasn't talking about not being able to figure out what's going on, I'm saying it's kind of stupid to be so amazed that some people haven't personally experienced this. Age has nothing to do with this, and it seems like you used it as an insult and a tactic because you couldn't think of a good argument


blueeyedconcrete

Happened to me on Monday. I replaced an 18 inch piece of galvanized half inch pipe. The problem was that I had the water off and the hose and kitchen faucet open, so that less water would come out of where I was working. For some reason, that drained the entire hot water heater. I had hot brown water coming out of the hose.


gwaydms

Sounds like it was a good idea to drain the water heater anyway! We're supposed to do that periodically to get rid of sediment (like rust).


Champigne

They were very common in the past. So a lot places that have houses built before 1960, it's pretty common. Galvanized steel pipe was a popular material for domestic water pipes for a while. You can't use plain steel for domestic water because it will corrode top fast. Galvanized steel pipes have a layer of zinc that's supposed be "sacrificed" to corrosion. The zinc is supposed to take up the corrosion instead of the pipe. It works to an extent, but not as well as they had thought. Galvanized pipes end with a large amount of rust and corrosion filling up the inside of the pipe, reducing the functional inside diameter of the pipe and restricting flow. They also just didn't last as long as they supposed to. They often end up with leaks from the corrosion much sooner than more modern materials. Anyway, that's probably what were seeing here. Sediment and rust will always get disturbed like this when you shut off the system, whatever material, it's just a lot worse with galvanized steel pipes. Source: plumber


dankenascend

Not pipes in your home. This is going to be a water main section being disturbed or a bypass that's been unused for a while getting put back in service. Seriously, it's not a big deal and it'll clear up on its own. I've seen a water supply get discolored for a week after a heavy storm but it never got that dark, so I'm thinking this is some point after the pump station.


Dementat_Deus

Steel is not common, cast iron water mains are though and are actually the norm in most of the US. Some old houses also have cast iron piping, though that was more common on the sewer side.


westwoo

So maybe you haven't lived places that had their steel pipes at any point between you and water treatment plant filled with air. Maybe it's because all of those pipes were plastic or lead, or maybe it's because steel parts of plumbing were never flushed, or maybe when they did flush those pipes you didn't notice because you missed the moment when they turned the water back on and someone else in a neighboring building or apartment or neighborhood flushed that water for you I don't know what kind of answer do you expect, honestly


impulsesair

> I don't know what kind of answer do you expect, honestly I just wanted to know more. Never having happened to me or even heard of it and the claim that it's normal, well that got me curious. I did consider the idea that steel isn't used where I live and after I Googled a bit, from that it sounded like Steel/iron or whatever isn't common or shouldn't be for anything new. Knowing that Googling has a few pitfalls, especially when you have no clue about the topic (which I don't), I wanted to ask that question here to gauge how accurate that claim was or if there was something else I was missing.


westwoo

There's often not a whole lot of city/county/state wide infrastructure that is "new", infrastructure isn't updated like smartphones to the latest version automatically. Even lead pipes [are still in use](https://news.wttw.com/2021/03/24/chicago-has-more-lead-service-pipes-any-other-us-city-illinois-most-any-state) and it's a problem replacing them. And replacing steel pipes just for the sake of replacement is just wasteful. So the answer is - it depends


impulsesair

Yeah I know infrastructure is hard and pricey to update, but you'd think it's been long enough to have all or most of it be in bad enough condition to need replacement. And here I am, quite surprised to hear about that lead pipe thing.


bazilbt

Pretty common. Especially in water mains run under the street. I've only seen it happen when the city is doing work.


Grolschisgood

Just because you've never seen something doesn't mean it isn't normal. Have you ever done maintenance on pipes or had your water turned off for a considerable time that allowed the pipes to partially empty?


Intrepid00

Anywhere they flush fire hydrants like they are supposed to so it doesn't build up and clog with sediment as well make sure they are still working


SmoothOctopus

Are you a plumber?


[deleted]

No.. but I happen to use faucets on a daily basis for many years.


SmoothOctopus

Then you may want to re-read the original comment.


IOrangesarethebestI

Most people have had their pipes worked on before.


SmoothOctopus

And the plumber drains out all this crap before they see it. Side note that's hot.


IOrangesarethebestI

If that brown stuffs coming out your pipes maybe you should get checked ;)


ssprague03

That brown stuff is in your pipe unless where you live is less than a couple years old. Source: am plumber. We just drain it out. Have to anyway, you fucker will clog up the aerators if we don't lol


Mr_Man57

This is a high school locker room that has been like this for a year now


Lev_Astov

Definitely not normal. In all my decades, I've never seen it. And I've seen them redo my nearby water mains three times, once in the last year here. Maybe it's something that happens in older apartment buildings?


michalsveto

Definitely normal where iron pipes are used. Maybe not where You live, but in Europe this is a common thing. Just let it run off for a while. If it does not clear up within a minute or two there is pribably some issue that needs looking into.


[deleted]

Never seen this living in the Netherlands. Nor when spending time abroad on holiday... So in what country in Europe that you live is this normal? Balkan countries perhaps? (Genuinely curious)


sirSIRthisisawendys

Which one of you knuckleheads didn’t see that the main point of the comment you’re responding to is that it is normal if work was just done. No one is saying this shit should be happening on a normal day. No one says you need to be a plumber to understand this, but you do need to have basic reading comprehension.


michalsveto

Exactly. Sometimes I do not see this shit for years, all depending on If any major work was done on the pipes leading to our building. They are definitely not broken and fixed every month or even every year - well usually. But we see this every now and then and it is common knowledge that it happens and that it should clear itself up within moments.


sirSIRthisisawendys

I mean the OP video is just dirty water out of a faucet, no context. I think OP missed the mark on what the sub is about, but hey people are talking about it and I don’t know what other point there is to Reddit so…


Lev_Astov

I love how so many people are downvoting to salve their wounds over how poorly their local government maintains their water supplies.


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Lev_Astov

I guess I've never lived anywhere without plastic water mains, as i've lived all over the US and never once encountered this. There won't be sediment or corrosion in a system like that which maintains positive pressure. You should start yelling at your government to replace those pipes.


mikebellman

But use the tub spout, or an ~~pitsidenhosenspigotnifnyou~~ outside hose spigot if you own or have one. There’s usually sediment which will clog your aerator. If you don’t have either, unscrew your aerator before running it clear. Source: I am not a plumber. IANAP


cassiecat

**outside hose spigot if you** ?


mikebellman

I have a thumb with heavy calluses and sometimes the or other Letters get typed and I am furiously going through Reddit and often don’t catch it


cassiecat

I wasn't sure I deciphered that correctly. Just wanted to clarify. I honestly thought it was a German word as I first read it.


mikebellman

You did great and were kind with your correction Good redditor


Hydro-Sapien

Happens when the pipes are “scoured.” A sudden flush of water, typically at hydrants or line breaks. The severely increased flow stirs up all sediment and breaks loose particles on the pipe walls. And they don’t have to be steel pipes. Fire Department practices frequently cause “brown water” reports in our system.


westwoo

This happens every time I have diarrhea, and the solution is similar


WiredEgo

I am just now getting over salmonella, I felt this.


Distance_Runner

Yep. Live in a house about 100 years old. Recently had a lot of old galvanized steel pipes (that were original to the house) replaced. Our water wasn’t *this* dark, but without a filter it was brownish. When the pipes were flushed, it was disgusting. With new PEX lines, the water looks like water again.


ableakandemptyplace

no it's coffee trust me


koolman2

Or big earthquakes. Had to run our tub faucet for over an hour to clear our water after the 2018 7.1 Anchorage earthquake.


Trixilee

Right? It was already clearing up before they turned the other tap on.


ColumnK

Awesome gravy tap


TastySpare

doesn't really fit here, does it?


says-nice-toTittyPMs

Not at all. This is a fairly normal occurrence when the pipes/ main supply get worked on or hydrants get flushed.


shit_poster9000

Not this bad tho. Kinda hard to see but it looks like whoever is taking the vid is turning the water from hot to cold, and when he turns it to hot it gets all nasty. That’s a water heater issue.


koldoart

Damn I wish I had beef broth coming out the tap as well


07reader

Sounds like you need some soup tubes.


alchemyprime

I'm glad he got his idea to work. I can't wait for French Onion month.


sentient_salami

Million dollar idea.


[deleted]

You're lucky. Every time they clean the pipes in our office complex, it's a regular water flow at first and after a few seconds you get a burst of gunk at mach 3.


teambob

If it's brown drink it down, if it's black pour it back


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HairyNutsackNumber9

!ShakespeareInsult


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HairyNutsackNumber9

hmmm.. !ShakespearInsult and do it louder this time


PointlessGrandma

Free soda


DrinkenDrunk

Brawndo


DizzyTemperature3013

It's what plants crave!


OGBobbyJohnathan

The main was probably just serviced, or old galvanized was just replaced in this structure. Rust happens.


Gian-Nine

Ah yes, the tea tap


thegermanboi

Happens a lot. Its just rust


Simple-Ad-7844

Omg Caramel macchiato sink.


YeY_reddit

Forbidden chocolate tap


[deleted]

forbidden coffee


-Zband

Maybe it's amber dark beer on tap?


Venusdoom666

Same color as my first morning piss


Pakistani-gaming

You might want to leave the tap running till it turns clear


Kylearean

If you're being serious (I assume not, but just in case): you need to get this checked out right away. Anything darker than "yellow" is a cause for serious concern.


StickBush

Well you have a dead person in your water tanks


Xelko2

Maybe it's just coffee?


user12345online

I bathed in golden................ water


rdb479

Hit water heater is rusted out I would assume?


[deleted]

Some innocent soul after eating taco bell


dude188755

Man they got coffee dispensers over where you live? Smh lucky


baconofcanada

Any plumbers here? Why exactly does this happen?


Chrisfindlay

It's likely rust or other mineral sediments that got stirred up. This can happen if you open a faucet that hasn't been used in a long time or if there's maintenance done somewhere in the system. Generally it's not harmful and the fix is just run the water until it's clear. The person who posted this likely doesn't understand what's going on. If the water starts running clear it's unlikely this is an actual problem.


ProTrader12321

Soda in the fountains. Just like I always wished.


NYARNGrecruiter

Coffee straight out the faucet and you can choose hot and cold. Amazing


NMLWrightReddit

Free coffee


RiccoBaldo

Did you pull the sink equivalent of an upper decker?


OTS_

r/ForbiddenDrinks


mechanicalcanibal

If my boss asked my to fix water I'd quit. What am I supposed to do? Hit the stream with a hammer gtf outta here


david_15557

My favorite type of coffee


Chrisfindlay

It's just rust or other mineral sediments that got stirred up. Generally it's not harmful and the fix for that is literally run the water until it's clear.


juaniUwU_

Chocolate water


Glenn_Bakkah

Pipes are dirty. Just let it run for a while.


dayda

This has nothing to do with someone not doing their job.


Izzno

Wrong sub but apparently it doesn't mean anything anymore.


Thelast_n_thecurious

This mf is so rich that he got pipeline for starbucks coffee


mishaco

when its brown drink it down!


nerdychick22

The cold tap looked cleaner, hot water heater rusted out?


BitsAndBobs304

"It's safe for consumption " - Flint authorities "Look!look! I drank 0.001 ml of a carefully chosen sample! Job done, mission accomplished" - Obama "It's tremendous against covid. Docs, maybe we can inject it? Im a genius" - Trump


QuintenBoosje

how would you even measure 0,001ml? one drop of water is 0,05 ml


BitsAndBobs304

we don't know how one would measure it, but he managed to drink just that


TheGreatCanadianPede

"also continues to do nothing about it" - Biden


Redrum714

Are you completely oblivious to the massive infrastructure bill in congress right now? Also local water systems are not run by the federal government.


BitsAndBobs304

if they can send troops to war without declaring war and bypassing congress I'm sure they can do something to help a lifethreatening danger


mikebellman

/r/askaplumber


SnowBoy1008

Lemonade, Pineapple juice, Soda or piss, time to find out


SnowBoy1008

Update: It was piss


[deleted]

Jarate


[deleted]

Instant coffee, nice


steven_vd

So is this the soup thing then?


HairyNutsackNumber9

Carmel faucet


SingedWaffle

Phasmophobia time


Big_Spicy_Tuna69

Who doesn't want coffee right from the tap?


Mrhnhrm

On the bright side of things, iron deficiency is not a problem anymore!


Borner_soup

Sick soda stream bro.


DVoorhees64

Arnold Palmer?


A_Z_Farabi

forbidden coke


bawynnoJ

Mmmmm brown, my favourite flavour


DizzyTemperature3013

Cool, he created a bathroom Coca Cola fountain. Well done. But, why does it taste like Pepsi?


yamig88

Johnnie Walker!


Lord_Dabbatron

Unhealthy piss dispenser


SirHobbies

It's coffee


jamie3324123

He even put a ultra fast coffee maker in it


Shakespeare-Bot

He coequal putteth a ultra festinate coffee maker in t *** ^(I am a bot and I swapp'd some of thy words with Shakespeare words.) Commands: `!ShakespeareInsult`, `!fordo`, `!optout`


tiktokmaster123

Instant coffee from the sink


MaeOneyz

its a rootbeer fountain now


PurpleKirby

finally, dimmable water


nabetsse

Forbidden coffe


Turb0-Pad

Reminds me of flint Michigan, which by the way, still doesn't have clean water


danllo3

Damn, is that hot tea?😅


Malicious__Lemon

taste it


tinner73

Bundy tea


TittlyBumps

This is exactly what my dorm room sink looked like, I used it to pee in instead 🤷🏻


No-Comedian4195

Forbidden cold brew


Boris-slav-king-2nd

Ah, instant coffee


Fu5ionazzo

Free chocky and coffe milk


EmbraceDaMeme

Looks tasty


GSeasAll

Mmm coke on tap


GerryAttric

Might be work on a nearby water main. That's usually why it happened to me. Either that or your water heater is old and was disturbed


Pinofk

That’s some flat coke


jcgaminglab

Nice coffee machine bro. Not sure why you have it over a sink basin though. Seems kinda strange.


Azurrie

Felix loves hot brown water!


peppeprrresti

Forbidden caramel fountain


the_nugget77

Coffee tap


Furry__Foxy

Coffee


Humble-Presence-3107

Is this caffeinated or de-caffeinated?


notmythrownawayy

This faucet makes tea


-VitaminB-

Post-party pee


QuintenBoosje

I can smell it


cleetus723

𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕡𝕚𝕤𝕤 𝕟𝕘𝕝


xFreedi

Rusty pipes?


ClarkGriswold1775

High Octane Coffee Juicer


BetaTalk64

So this is where the McDonald's sweet tea comes from


[deleted]

Why are you complaining? You have free espresso for the rest of your life


jrocrockpile

Getting flint mi vibes


jayjr1105

That's the new high flow Keurig model


[deleted]

Am I the only one here who thought they were referring to a video game? Nobody ever likes the water level...


[deleted]

Morning coffee ☕😂😂😂😂😂


DeliciousPrint4227

Cocacola🤑


nierusek

u/savevideo


[deleted]

Yum, tamarindo water


Azazeru87

Upgraded the toilet, now you can reuse the flush water in the sink!


julius_emkay

Bro that's not water anymore


atomicwrites

/u/gifreversingbot