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Thank you both for your replies. I guess I will just keep cleaning out the aerators every few days and emptying and flushing the water heater every few months for awhile. Maybe it will work it's way out of the system eventually. I just won't be drinking tap water anymore until I am assured it...

Ok, now would calcium and calcium oxide both dissolve in white vinegar? These little samples don't seem to be dissolving.

I put some wet pieces in apple cider vinegar several days ago and I believe some of the smaller pieces may have eventually dissolved. But if they did, it took several days to. I am drying out a few of the larger chunks today and then will soak them in white vinegar (suggestion of our testing...

No I had it installed in 2007. And the serial number indicates that it was made in 2006. I called Bradford this morning to verify that info. But would the dip-tube's pieces crumble like powder? Now I am wondering if it might be lime, if not calcium deposits. Thanks for your reply

I have a 3 year old Bradford White Water Heater, Model M250T6DS5. I am getting white chunks of something in the faucet screens. I took it in for analysis at our laboratory and it is not calcium. I have drained the water tank twice and flushed it out. Bradford White representative said it...