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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: wonderfullyanonymous
Date: June 2, 2018, 9:02 am
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--- Quote from: Bada link ---
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> The Brita filter says it gets out chlorine. If you don't have
counter space for that, they make water bottles with Brita
filters that you drink out of directly and they have small ones
that only filter a couple of cups at a time.
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> Chlorine at swimming pool levels, yuck! Hugs!
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I was going to suggest doing this. There are a couple on the
market that are really good. Also, if the pitcher won't work,
there is one you can attach right to the faucet.
Our city water is just nasty, so we use a water filter. I can't
taste the chlorine at all.
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: June 2, 2018, 9:42 am
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> Just under a year. We may have to look into it if its not
permanent. The house is about 80 years old with old taps,
hopefully we can find one that fits.
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80 is not that old in terms of plumbing; pipe sizes, etc., have
been the same for a while, on purpose. And plumbing is easy to
take out and then put back in. So you could buy something and
then remove it. Your landlord wouldn't even have to know.
Especially if he lives far away, he probably wouldn't even care.
And you could move it to a new place, or sell it to someone when
you move.
I went to the Amazon site for the UK, and there are filtering
faucets for 18 pounds; a shower filter for 13 pounds; a side
faucet with a filter (for drinking water only) for 15 pounds.
Those are less than a Brita pitcher! I don't know how well those
filters work, comparatively, but..
It's more like 200 pounds for a larger system w/ refillable
cartridges.
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: VorFemme
Date: June 2, 2018, 10:19 am
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After DD had a few run ins with reacting to water when traveling
- she bought a Brita water bottle. It's either that or bottled
water to keep her on vacation... After traveling with her, I
bought one for myself. They really do work.
I'm not wild about the way our city water tastes - they recently
started treating & using surface water and the taste went down
slightly. The Brita filter makes a huge difference - I drink
two to three of the two cup hard sided bottles a day...my bottle
has a space ship decal on it so that nobody else grabs my bottle
by mistake for theirs. I have a filter on the kitchen sink's
tap - it helps a lot when making tea or coffee - but for
carrying around the house or sitting at the computer - I want
the Brita water bottle to reduce or eliminate spills.
#Post#: 4198--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: EddiesMom15
Date: June 2, 2018, 11:27 am
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Our city water tastes bad to me, so we have bottled water
delivered for drinking and cooking. Would this be possible for
you?
#Post#: 4202--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: guest426
Date: June 2, 2018, 12:24 pm
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In your position, I'd figure out which agency at the State level
regulates drinking water quality and file a complaint. Having a
higher power leaning on the city council has a way of expediting
fixes.
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: June 2, 2018, 2:11 pm
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> In your position, I'd figure out which agency at the State
level regulates drinking water quality and file a complaint.
Having a higher power leaning on the city council has a way of
expediting fixes.
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And in fact, in Flint, Michigan, it was only when some parents
and a doctor got the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
involved that people were able to bring the problem out into the
open. It still isn't fixed, but at least nobody's lying to the
people drinking the water!
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: Mrs Rat
Date: June 2, 2018, 3:30 pm
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This is all over the media. The mayor says she's spoken to the
correct people to lower the levels but has yet to hear back from
them. Other parts of the country have chlorine in their water
but not at these levels. I could handle it if it wasn't so
strong.
Thanks so much for everybody's input. I have a few things to
think about. I'll look into the Brita bottle or something
similar.
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: Tea Drinker
Date: June 3, 2018, 9:36 am
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Years ago, the area I was living in started over-chlorinating
the water. We dealt with it by putting the water in containers
and letting it sit on the counter overnight. I don't remember,
now, what kind of containers--it might have been saucepans
and/or juice bottles. I'm fairly sure this didn't remove all the
chlorine, but it definitely improved the flavor.
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: June 3, 2018, 12:59 pm
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--- Quote from: Tea Drinker link ---
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> Years ago, the area I was living in started over-chlorinating
the water. We dealt with it by putting the water in containers
and letting it sit on the counter overnight. I don't remember,
now, what kind of containers--it might have been saucepans
and/or juice bottles. I'm fairly sure this didn't remove all the
chlorine, but it definitely improved the flavor.
>
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My husband kept a pair of bowl-dwelling goldfish alive for
something like 4 years by having a routine of filling up a
pitcher with water every time he changed their bowl; then the
next morning (24 hours) he'd use that pitcher to change the
water for Wiggles and Peanuthead.
He was able to tie the "filling up the pitcher" with the
changing of the water, but a person could fold that "setting up
the water" task into other sorts of chores, like "the last step
of clearing away the supper dishes" or "bedtime routine and
brushing of teeth." (I'd probably move my toothbrush to the
kitchen, just to help me remember to do it. )
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Re: Tap Water Rant
DIR By: doodlemor
Date: June 3, 2018, 1:01 pm
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--- Quote from: Tea Drinker link ---
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> Years ago, the area I was living in started over-chlorinating
the water. We dealt with it by putting the water in containers
and letting it sit on the counter overnight. I don't remember,
now, what kind of containers--it might have been saucepans
and/or juice bottles. I'm fairly sure this didn't remove all the
chlorine, but it definitely improved the flavor.
>
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I came here to say this.
When I was a kid and had tropical fish the books recommended
that a new aquarium sit empty with just water for something like
24 hours, so that the chlorine would dissipate into the air. I
think that the surface area of the water affects the length of
time that the water needs to sit, too.
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