The other day, Hubby’s cousin asked if he could put a pot of water on the wood stove to keep the air from getting so dry in here. I was happy to oblige, and wondered why I hadn’t thought of it myself. So I went straight to the kitchen, filled up a pot, and put it there on the condition that he help keep water in it.
A couple of days later, Hubby went to put some more water in it. I was in front of the bathroom mirror putting on some makeup, and he came in there and said, “What’s this in the water?” He brought the pot in, and I saw a bunch of blue stuff floating on the bottom of the half-full pot. Yuck!
I don’t know what it is, but I do know one thing: It’s high time to start looking at water filters. Whatever that stuff might be, I really have no desire to be drinking it, or particularly to have Pumpkin drinking it. We don’t drink much tap water anyway, but I like to be able to without having to worry, you know?
Anybody have any idea what that could be? I’m assuming that it’s some sort of mineral, but everyone I’ve asked doesn’t know what it is. If anyone can shed some light on this, please let me know in the comments!
December 18th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Hi, it’s Copper Chloride leached from your Copper pipes by the Chlorine in your water supply. It is not thought to be harmful. You could get the water company to test your tap-water. In the meantime, if you are worried, run the tap for a minute or so before using it for drinking.
December 18th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
That sounds plausible, as we do have copper pipes. But we use well water, so there shouldn’t be much chlorine in it. Then again, maybe it doesn’t take much. I’m thinking about ordering some test strips to make sure everything is okay. Thanks for the info!