Water

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Have other Davis-area folks been noticing a strong bleach / swimming-pool chlorine sort of smell to their tap water this past week?

(I have, strong enough that I wasn't comfortable drinking it, and I called the MWRA about it last night, but their "24-hour" taste & odor line is just a voicemail box. I plan to try to get a human on the phone tomorrow, and it would be helpful to know how far the problem extends.)

Comments

[thespian.livejournal.com]

en ki is having problems with the purity of water?

huh.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Not here.

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Normally the water here is purified with ozone, which makes it taste way better than that in most cities. When I was in Indianapolis over Christmas, I could barely stand to drink the stuff, which goes to show how spoiled I am.

Sometimes here when there are problems with the ozone system, they fall back to using chlorine. I hadn't noticed (and like I said, I've become generally sensitive to it), but it is quite certainly at safe-to-drink levels (because most of it is eliminated as part of the purification process). However, if you're concerned (or just don't like the taste), let the water sit for a while before drinking it. Or use a Brita filter.

[kylenffxi.livejournal.com]

I've never noticed a chlorine smell in the water in our apartment building on Grove St., but we're in the process of moving down the road to a condo near Highland & Willow Ave. right now and I definitely noticed a chlorine smell and slightly blue-tinted water there the first time I filled up the tub with water. I'm a little bit worried because we keep aquatic turtles as pets and will be using that water to fill up their tanks...