Like mostly every town in Upstate New York, we get well water.This means that some people have iron in their water, and some people have sulfur, which I‘m glad I don‘t have, because it smells like rotten eggs.Well, anyway, I have iron in my water. It doesn‘t smell or anything, you can‘t even notice you have it, really. So, what does iron do to your hair and your skin? I‘m very curious.
Iron usually occurs with manganese in water. Some iron and manganese is fine. Excessive amounts typically cause staining of clothes and encourage the growth of iron bacteria, which impart a foul taste and odor to the water. Typically, iron should not exceed 0.3 mg/L and manganese 0.05 mg/L in drinking water.
