http://www.missionmission.org/2011/04/07/beware-the-brown-water/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.missionmission.org/2011/04/07/beware-the-brown-water/#comment-30700 Roberto Lopez Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:04:03 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=25668#comment-30700 Disclaimer: I am an employee of the SFPUC. For those who are experiencing discolored water, try running your cold water from a faucet (preferably lowest point i.e. garage if you have one) for a minute or two and see if that clears it up. If not please call 311 to report your issue and they will have a water quality inspector contact you. When a fire of this size occurs hydrants need to be opened up, pressure increased etc and this can sometimes cause sediment to be stirred up and thus cause discoloration.

]]> http://www.missionmission.org/2011/04/07/beware-the-brown-water/#comment-30695 Evan Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=25668#comment-30695 My water was brown for a while after they changed out the water main under the street. I know they’re doing that all over the place, so maybe it’s a coincidence, or dredged up by the hoses? Probably just rust, and FWIW mine went away after a day and filling a couple buckets.

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