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Sewer Sludge??

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Ever seen orange sewer sludge? I'm trying to track down a leak, possibly from a sanitary sewer. The sewage running out of the concrete wall first left grey sludge then all of a sudden it turned bright orange (within like 6 hours). Have any of you experianced this before? Or have some kind of chemicals been dumped into the system?

Just curious,
Dave
 
It sounds like your waste stream has a high concentration of iron and the color is probably bateria.
 
Agree with Visitor. Most likely iron bacteria.
 
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