Iron can get into your water in several ways and one of the most com ways is when rust gets dislodged from water pipes which. As a result, it is normally present in your drinking water. Iron containing water may have a funny, metallic taste. Your water may be brown because it contains too much iron.

Have you recently found your water faucet is running with brown water.

Although this is of little comfort when you were simply looking for a refreshing drink or relaxing soak. Under normal conditions, drinking water provides about 5% of the iron that you are supposed to drink or eat each day. It can be frustrating to find this problem occur, especially when you were looking forward to a nice relaxing bath.

Iron is rather com and occurs naturally as a metal in soil. Be careful when coming into contact with brown water in your home as it can stain your clothing, towels and surfaces such as bathtubs or toilets. Although not dangerous to drink, brown water is unappealing and annoying.

You need iron to survive, iron is used as part of the haemoglobin in your blood which transports oxygen in your blood.