My water is supplied by Anglia Water Authority and recently I have noticed a build up of horrid black stuff in the softener drawer of the washing machine. Today I took the drawer out completely and you should see the muck in there! it's gross. Does anyone have any idea how to stop it happening? The thing that worries me most is that the water for the machine comes from the same source as my drinking water...
I'll try that again!
Hello TA, yes I've seen the same gunge - but I think it's the softener, not the water.
I really have no idea - except that perhaps the manufacturers should make the drawers and surrounding plastic coated with Teflon, then the gunge wouldn't stick to it.
for not being much help !!!!
TA - I cannot believe that your water (in Wales, in the extreme west of the UK) is supplied by the same company as ours (in the east). I just cannot get my head around how the various supply companies can deliver water across far flung regions, share the pipes, count usage etc.
Same goes for energy suppliers (gas and electricity).
Can any body explain?
Never knowingly underfed
Our water quality is quite good taste wise but we live in a very hard water area and the build up of limescale is scarily fast in the kettle. Goodness knows what the plumbing must be like. Our friends who have a house near Fontainebleau have installed a water softener, which is a pretty chunky device that uses salt. Maybe we will consider that after we win the Lottery.
Never knowingly underfed
We have to use a filter and even then the water leaves brown rust stains and builds up in appliances, ruins kettles quite quickly. If we leave a jug of water out by the end of the day it is a murky brown colour due to the iron coming out in solution - perfectly safe to drink just doesn't look very good.
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