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Dave Plowman (News)
 
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Default Where is all the black stuff coming from?

In article .com,
Merryterry wrote:
According to Dr Tom Makin of Liverpool University a bacteria called
Gallionella feeds on iron in some water supply situations (not all
situations). I shall probably get screamed at by Ostriches who inhabit
this group but just passing on information from a world respected
source.


Mains water supplies are chlorinated to kill such bugs - unless you have
evidence to suggest the bacteria named is immune to it?

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