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beach004

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Mar 11, 2008
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There's been one previous thread on this, but it was not dispositive, so I am trying for help. I live in Piedmont North Carolina, on a well: Unfiltered, untreated. It's been tested, none of the numbers out of whack, pH not low; but the water, when seen in a white five gallon bucket, has a distinctly blue tint; and the toilets and sink will get a blue ring around the drain and the rim, over time, that nothing, not even muriatic acid, wants to dissolve--I have to scrub it out with lavastone. I do have copper pipes; the house is 14 years old. Anyone have a clue?
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