Topic: That feel when your tap water tastes like shit.

Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #18,705

And bottled water is a better alternative.

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 39 seconds later[^] [v] #309,518

If you finish a bottle of water and refill it with some from our school water fountains, you almost can't see through it.

Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 35 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #309,519

@previous (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
Is your school old?

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP replied with this 14 years ago, 45 seconds later, 1 minute after the original post[^] [v] #309,520

@previous (Nexus !jNexusRe/.)
Surprisingly, not really. :/

Nexus !jNexusRe/. replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,521

@previous (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
What color is the water? Is it a murky white, or is it rust colored?

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP replied with this 14 years ago, 45 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,522

@previous (Nexus !jNexusRe/.)
It's a cloudy gray.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 0 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,523

@309,518 (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
Does the color fade over time?

@OP
Buy a filter.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,524

@previous (D)
I actually have a filter, but it doesn't seem to have much of an effect as the water still has a weird aftertaste.
But still, it's drinkable.

Stealth joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 48 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,525

@OP

> And bottled water is a better alternative.

I worked/lived in Siberia and look at this for tap water

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67707165@N00/197014530/

That is what you shower in - So one buys bottled water to sponge off with!!!!!!!

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP replied with this 14 years ago, 47 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,526

@309,523 (D)
I have not stayed close enough to the foul substance for long enough to observe any such phenomena. I was too scared of growing a third arm.

Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 24 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,527

@309,524 (A)
You should get a new/different filter.

Anonymous D double-posted this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 11 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,528

@309,526 (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
Well the point is that if the water is cloudy gray it means there is air in it. It clears up after a little bit of time.

Edit: How is the taste?

(Edited 30 seconds later.)

Nexus !jNexusRe/. replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,529

@309,522 (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
@309,526 (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
Its either too oxygenated or it has too much calcium. Either way its pretty safe to drink. If its pulled from a well on the other hand, it could be silica.

@309,524 (A)
What does it taste like?

@309,525 (Stealth)
Just rusty pipes from aged infrastructure, no biggie. Probably has a hell of a taste.

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,530

@309,528 (D)
You can clearly taste the iron, like blood, but it also has some other shit that I can't describe. It does not taste very clean, but I'm sure it meets the minimum health requirements.

Stealth replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,531

@previous (Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP)
> but I'm sure it meets the minimum health requirements.

Hummmmmmmm if that were always the case I wood have missed out on one hell of a movie

http://www.brockovich.com/movie.html

(Edited 30 seconds later.)

Ryan !!YBaRi3MXP replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,533

That was in people's homes, not a school. If something like that came out in a public school, the company would have just been smote by a mob of angry soccer moms.

Vault !UmnMmNadis joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #309,534

drama queens

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 7 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,597

upgrade to distilled water

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 31 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,598

@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
upgrade to brita.

or pur

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,600

And comes out really cloudy and tasting like mud.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,663

havent had bottled water in a while. the tap water is fine here.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 7 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,769

@309,598 (H)
I think my filter is a pur.

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q replied with this 14 years ago, 9 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,782

@previous (A)
My tap water tastes PURdy darn good.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #309,786

@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Eh. Perhaps it's my shitty desert water. It might be unable to be filtered PURdy.

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