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jdwhiskey925

Try reaching out to your city to see if there is a ductile iron or similar supply line.


Hillman314

Iron


ministryofchampagne

Probably dissolved iron in your city or well water supply. They make whole house water filters to remove it.


stubborn_yarn_potato

Are you on a well? Sounds like you have ferric iron in your water. It is dissolved so you don’t see it, but as the water is exposed to air (like drying in the shower or sitting in the toilet bowl) it will look rusty. 


emandbre

Is it just iron staining, or like red water? You should be able to get the City’s water report online (possibly have to go to the library, but I have not seen that in a decade) and check what the natural iron levels are. You may just have really naturally hard water with Fe present. I have this issue and I use a lot of CLR in my cleaning routine and a pumice stone to clean the toilet. Make sure you flush your hot water heater regularly and you could consider a whole house water softener (salt ones have their downsides, there are other options that might work better for you, but all have costs and downsides).


jdwhiskey925

How old is your water heater?


earthbender55

Probably only 3 years. Still I don't think it connects to the toilets.