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I have a ceramic water dispenser and I have a 5 gallon plastic jug; a couple days after I fill it up the water starts tasting funky. Everytime I refill it, I clean it and bleach it out. What's the best recommendation? I've used Brita filters and the tap water still tastes weird. I'm tired of spending money on water bottles.
I live in Las Vegas and so the tap water is HORRIBLE.
your ceramic may be tainted, cracked and it may not be visible. No matter how much you bleach it, bacteria will still pervade.
Still water does become funky. No more oxygen. That is why fresh water is important...plumbing was a great invention. I am sorry about your tap water. Some areas of the country just have sorry tasting water. You can keep the water in fridge longer in a pitcher. We do so with a brita dispenser and have no problem. I fill it up weekly...but I do keep in fridge.
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The tap water in my apartment is SUPER hard. I just drank some water because I was very thirsty & didn't want to open a new water bottle tonight, and I think I'm thirstier now than before, and on top of that my mouth feels...weird. And the water smells a lot like chlorine. In a nutshell, it's pretty unpleasant. Would a water filter be a worthwhile investment? I'd probably buy a pitcher rather than one that fits on the faucet.
Yes it would be a good investment. I use the pur filter on my kitchen faucet and use it for drinking water, cooking, and also making tea and other drinks.
I am sick of the taste of tap water and I bought a pur water filtration system and though it definitely looks more clearer, though I still get a little of that tap water taste... has anyone found one that works very well and yields water that doesn't have a weird taste?
I use the Pur water filter that has a flavor cartridge in it, you can flavor the water (sugar and calorie free) with raspberry or lemon. That helps take the edge off.
You may have very hard water to start with, or problem with your water pipes that may be causing the problem.
If a water pitcher type system doesn't work well enough - you may have to go to a system that is mounted under the sink and uses a much larger filter. They even have whole-house filters that need to be installed by a plumber but are very effective.
Another thing you might try with your existing water filter - is to filter it twice. Add water to your filter and when it is done dripping - pout it into a clean container and then back into the top of the filter to go through the process again.
It can't hurt and it won't cost you anything to try it.
I hope that helps.
I have hard water so I bought a water softner which puts salt in the water that comes out of all the faucets, showers, etc in my house. I spend lots of money buying bottles of water because I can't drink the water that comes out of my sink because it tastes weird (there's lots of sodium in it). A Pur or Brita water filter (while good at taking lots of other sediments and stuvff out) still leaves the salt in water and it still tastes weird. So is there anything that specifically takes the salt back out that my water softener puts into my tap water?
absolutely helvelin
that installation does not comply with the Water Regs, any problems with the plumber ie they dont want to come back or say it will be a while, call the local water company to send an inspector to look at it
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the unit could have a problem with it but there still has to be a drinking water tap which bypasses the softener.
the salt used displaces the absorbed calcium and magnesium on the resin. the water which is produced after hardness removal then contains extra sodium. this can be a problem for people on restricted salt diets re high blood pressure, heart attacks. thats why you have a separate drinking water tap so you have the natural water salts but not the sodium
I bought a cheap Culligan water pitcher from Walgreens for $10 that's charcoal filtered. The water tasted very strange. I normally drink tap water and like it a lot, but once filtered it added a strange taste at the end. Almost reminds me of lemon. My boyfriend agrees the water tastes different but not necessarily with the lemon comparison.
I have had water from Brita pitchers and don't recall it having the weird taste. Has anyone else experienced this? What causes it?
Your first sentence of your question is the problem. When you buy commie made garbage from Walgreens. I use brita and don't ever have a problem. Also, when you buy a new pitcher, you are supposed to dump the first few pitchers of water out, but i am assuming that you knew that already.
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