Word: rust
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...incredibly strange photos of Sydney that he was seeing on Flickr. The Australian city was being blanketed by a freak dust storm that was dumping 82 tons of fine red earth from thousands of miles away every hour. Awed Sydneysiders were posting images of eerie rust-colored landmarks and scarlet skylines by the hundreds. "I wanted to put those photos where they deserved to be," Powazek says. "In print...
Warning to all River House residents: don’t do your laundry tomorrow between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., or all of your whites may turn a lovely rust color. The FMO Fire Group will be performing the annual check of Harvard’s fire hydrants tomorrow evening, and in doing so they may knock some of the silt at the bottom of sedentary pipes back into the river houses’ waterways...
...silt – “That’s just normal sediment. Pieces of rust from the pipes themselves… minerals mostly,” according to John P. Boucher, supervisor for fire safety services for FMO Fire Group – may color the water, making faucets run yellowy-orange water...
...rust colored water, though unappetizing, is safe for consumption. (Boucher said he would drink...
Hydrant testing may disturb the sediment that naturally occurs in the water piping system. Water from your faucets and toilet may appear rust colored from this disturbance. Rust discoloration may last for several hours after the tests have been completed. Discolored water does not usually present a health hazard, however; it is recommended that anyone who has doubts about the rust colored water should not drink it. If you do not have bottled water, you may wish to store tap water in your refrigerator for the day of the test...