Water Pump Filter Deposits

[sirweste]

Hi all,

 

i genuinely don’t know if I want to know the answer to this. Am still in two minds about asking!!!
i live aboard and the Water tank gets emptied and refilled every 2 to 3 weeks. The tank is a ~350l plastic jobbie under the front deck. 

 

Had a potable water leak which I have traced to the water pump. Took the pump out to seal it back up and stop the leak and noticed some weird mostly white but also with some yellow deposits in the filter gauze. 
 

they look like plastic shavings, but can’t imagine that they are. Terrified they are some creatures shed skin or something!! Though I drink the water from the boat and haven’t been unwell. 
 

can anyone tell me what they are!?

 

cheers

[Momac]

Could that be the remains of a bin liner bag - the sort with a drawstring - yellow drawstring in your case  ?

 

[sharpness]

Could it be the swarf from when holes were cut for the fittings?

[David Mack]

2 hours ago, sharpness said:

Could it be the swarf from when holes were cut for the fittings?

Looks like it to me. Do the colours match? How old is the tank?

[Paul Evans]

7 hours ago, David Mack said:

Looks like it to me. Do the colours match? How old is the tank?

And when did you last check the filter on the water pump?

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

No need to worry about the weird things the filter caught. Worry about the ones that got past the filter! ?