{"id":2946,"date":"2020-02-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2020-02-17T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:59:17","slug":"why-seeing-black-specks-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/plumbing-service\/why-seeing-black-specks-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You\u2019re Seeing Black Specks in Your Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/water-tap-rendering.jpg\" alt=\"water-and-tap\" class=\"wp-image-2947\" width=\"305\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/water-tap-rendering.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/water-tap-rendering-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/water-tap-rendering-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The water that comes from your taps is supposed to be clear.\nAs crystal clear as possible. Although you may still have unseen contaminants\ninside clear water (which is why recommend scheduling regular water testing\nevery few years), when the water turns muddy, discolored, or cloudy, you\u2019ll\nknow there\u2019s something wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A common visual issue you may see in your water is black specks. What causes this, and is it a reason to call a <a href=\"\/service-areas\/newport-beach-ca-air-conditioning-heating-plumbing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">plumber in Newport Beach, CA<\/a> to fix it? We\u2019ll answer these questions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Cause of Black Specks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of different sources for these unsightly black\nspecks floating in your water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Rubber disintegration: <\/strong>The small bits of\nblack in the water may feel rubbery. In this case, what you are probably dealing\nwith is decaying rubber gaskets or washers in the plumbing. These decaying\nrubber bits can be in a variety of places, including flexible supply hoses. If\nthe black specks are only appearing at one faucet, unscrew the faucet head to\nsee if the rubber washer is falling apart. This is easy to replace. Deteriorating\nrubber washers elsewhere in the plumbing as well as decaying supply hoses are\nmore serious and may require hiring a plumber to fix.<\/li><li><strong>Corroded pipes:<\/strong> For older homes with\nplumbing that hasn\u2019t been updated, black specks in the water are often a warning\nthat the interior of the galvanized steel or cast iron pipes is corroding. The\nblack specks are bits of the corrosion flaking off into the water supply. Any sign\nof pipe corrosion is a reason to call a professional plumber. You may need\npartial repiping, and the plumbers will check to see if the corrosion has\naffected the pipes elsewhere and is creating hidden leaks. Corrosion in pipes\ncan also lead to lead entering the water supply\u2014and you want that fixed ASAP.<\/li><li><strong>Corrosion in the water heater:<\/strong> Are the\nblack specks only appearing when you turn on a hot water tap? This could mean\ncorrosion in the hot water lines. But the more likely cause is a rusting hot\nwater tank. This often occurs in older tank water heaters (more than 15 years\nold) or ones that haven\u2019t been maintained. A corroding water heater needs to be\nreplaced right away, since it is at a high danger of a full breakdown and will\nstart leaking.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Plumbers Are Here to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In cases where you don\u2019t have a simple decaying washer, it\nwill take the work of expert plumbers to solve black specks in the water supply:\na new water heater, supply line replacements, repiping. We always advise having\nwater testing done in these situations because there may be other water quality\nissues affecting your home that you\u2019re not aware of. Our plumbers not only\noffer plumbing repair and water heater services, they also install the best in\nwater treatment systems so your household enjoys healthy and safe water to\ndrink. We work with many types of purifiers and filters, as well as water\nsofteners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Saddleback Plumbing Heating &amp; Air has served Orange County since 1981. <a href=\"\/contact\/service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Call us when you need the finest in local plumbing assistance.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of different sources for these unsightly black specks floating in your water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[164,57,326],"class_list":["post-2946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plumbing-service","tag-newport-beach","tag-repiping","tag-water-heater-replacement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2948,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions\/2948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saddlebackplumbing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}