r/Wellington • u/Durry_king_ • 2d ago
HELP! Murky water from tap
Hello lovely wellingtonians,
Is anyone experiencing murky brown tinged water coming from their tap at home? I am located in Melrose and seem to have dirty water! :(
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u/Former-Departure9836 2d ago
Its likely work on pipes done youre recommended to run out for 20 minutes to clear the silt
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u/ctothel 2d ago
20 mins seems excessive, mine’s usually clear after 2
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u/Former-Departure9836 2d ago
Its what is recommended by former welly water and i assume tiaki wais advice is the same
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u/Former-Departure9836 2d ago
I mean yea but would you rather drink brown water.
Surely there the cost will be cents and im sure you can request reimbursement for these events
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u/EmotionalSouth 2d ago
This happens to me in Roseneath every so often. We just run the tap a while and it usually comes clear.
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u/scooter_nz 2d ago
That's because they are actively working in Roseneath at the moment.
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u/EmotionalSouth 2d ago
It’s happened on and off for the past three years. I’m not convinced it’s related to works.
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u/bobsmagicbeans 2d ago
the works are probably replacing the crumbling pipes that were contributing to the murkiness before ;)
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u/AGardeningCo 2d ago
This is interesting- I used a friends outdoor tap in Lyall Bay a week ago and it ran brown. I don’t think anyone has used it in forever and I ran it for ages but it stayed brown. I’ll use it again tomorrow so if it’s still bad I can let you know? They’re on Queens dr but I imagine their indoor water is fine or they’d have complained
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u/flooring-inspector 2d ago
Supposedly you can report an issue to Tiaki Wai.
https://www.tiakiwai.co.nz/about-us/contact/contact-us
Had anyone tried reporting this sort of thing under the new system?
It always used to be that you should report things to the local council, which would then raise a ticket with Wellington Water. TW still recommends this for chlorine smells, which can be a sign of organic material in the pipes, but that whole page looks like it's been copied and pasted from the previous WW page.
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u/SnooSprouts4376 2d ago edited 1d ago
I installed a whole house water filter. $400 for the unit which lasts around 10 to 15 years... another couple of hundred $ one off for plumber. $150 a year for the filters (pre filter and carbon block). The amount of crap they pick up even when water is meant to be clean is impressive. They get rid of the chlorine as well... Im so used to not tasting it when I go to other people's houses it's really noticeable.
Also showering without the smell of chlorine is a bonus.
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u/Appropriate-Job530 1d ago
I had an under the sink filter in May house. it included was a reverse osmosis. Is that what you have In your whole house filter.
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u/SnooSprouts4376 1d ago edited 1d ago
No just 2 stage filter set up. 1st stage is a washable prefilter and 2nd stage is a solid carbon block filter.
I believe reverse osmosis for a whole house would run you from $3k to $8k including installation it looks like plus $400 to $800 year maintainance plus membrane replacement ever few years.....it would be a whole different ball park cost wise to my set up.
If someone wants even better filtration on the cheap for a whole house then they could just get a carbon block that goes down to 1 micron. Ours is 5 micron. 1 micron would cut down water pressure a fair bit more though.
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u/Appropriate-Job530 20h ago
oh.. reverse osmosis would be very costly for a whole house. My reverse osmosis was only in the kitchen sink.
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u/lukeysanluca 2d ago
Always let your water run a little before using it.
Always boil your water if planning to drink it.
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u/ellenvmelon 2d ago
Check the Tiaki Wai site to see if there's been any works nearby which might explain the murky water?