Tap Water

staffordjas

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No mines OK at the moment.

But in the past when it has been cloudy after being cut off for bursts etc I have rung up and they have said it is because the water is coming through faster than normal and got lots of air bubbles in it (or something like that) and was safe to drink. Said that if you put it in a glass and leave it a bit it should start to clear if it's OK
 

gilesjuk

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Run the taps for a while. It should clear eventually.

They're always having burst pipes along there, I wonder why?
 

henryscat

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If the water is just cloudy its perfectly fine, just aerated, so no need to run the taps. Had it on a few occasions recently with water main work going on.
 

Gadget

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Sometimes it is cloudy because the water has a lime content and when they work on the pipes they let air into it and the carbon dioxide in the air reacts with the lime and turns the water a milky colour. It is completely harmless and shouldn't effect the taste, smell etc and will settle out if you leave it to stand.
Happy slurping!
G x
 

gilesjuk

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Florence said:
I've always loved Stafford tap water. Tastes bloody gorgeous!
It's okay. The best tap water is at my mums place in Hatherton Cannock. You could bottle it.

Out of the places I've lived Hertfordshire had the worst water. Dreadful stuff.
 

gilbert grape

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When I bought my house two years ago I put water straight from the tap into the kettle. In a month it was furred up. I bought a water filter and a new kettle and to this day it's spotless. Wonder what it does to your insides when it's that hard?
 

Lunar Scorpion

Anarchy in the UK
I couldn't use my water at all for hours on end three times earlier in the month! Although to be fair they were cleaning the mains...
 

Lunar Scorpion

Anarchy in the UK
gilbert grape said:
When I bought my house two years ago I put water straight from the tap into the kettle. In a month it was furred up. I bought a water filter and a new kettle and to this day it's spotless. Wonder what it does to your insides when it's that hard?
It can only be a good thing, strengthens the constitution. Think of all those minerals we're getting! =D
 

henryscat

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Lunar Scorpion said:
I couldn't use my water at all for hours on end three times earlier in the month! Although to be fair they were cleaning the mains...
A lot of that was done overnight so wasn't too bad as water back on at 0600. Anyway, water being off gives a good excuse for having to drink beer instead.
 

age'd parent

50,000th poster!
Soft water is for soft southerners, up here it's mans water, and

"
There's reason to believe hard water is actually good for you. The UK's Drinking Water Inspectorate claims that "there is evidence of less heart disease in hard water areas than in soft water areas, although not all studies find this link." A study by Lacey and Shaper in 1984 concluded:

New results based on changes that have taken place in water hardness and in cardiovascular death rates between 1961 and 1971 in the county boroughs of England and Wales indicate a significant trend for men, in the direction of decreasing cardiovascular mortality with increasing hardness, but no trend for women. The trend in male mortality appears to be specific to cardiovascular disease. The results are similar to those of the earlier study and support the hypothesis of a weak causal relationship between the hardness of drinking water and mortality from cardiovascular disease.

A 1980 National Research Council report claims that drinking water with high dissolved calcium and magnesium content can be an important source of these minerals in the diet. "
 

Gramaisc

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Soft water in Glasgow - massive heart disease rates - obvious, really....

Nothing to do with deep-fried Mars bars.
 
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