Hello, I am an Automation Engineer and have worked on large scale water treatment projects. Though this experience I learned a lot about water treatment and as I now know too much I do not drink tap water ever. This is because I have worked with water treatment plants and operators and have learned that they are not at all on top of what they are putting out. They go through the motions to satisfy EPA requirements for testing but rarely give a damn what they are doing. They are bored to death sitting in a treatment plant for hours and frequently over or under feed the chemicals.
I have always been suspicious of tap water causing cancer over prolonged periods of exposure and consumption. Trihalomethanes are not easily monitored real time and yes Erin, these problems are nationwide. There is a long list of problems associated with municipal drinking water supplies and unfortunately money does the talking when it comes to how much effort they put into ensuring that it is safe for general consumption. It is too complicated for the average citizen to understand without going through some education on it. As part of my experience I got a Water Treatment Plant Operator Certification and have been involved in programming and design of the automated systems that run these facilities.
The controls are not always well maintained or calibrated, and a chlorine analyzer out of calibration can cause a gross misfeed of chemicals that can lead to many problems. They add a lot of things to the water from polymers that aid in the filtration process, chlorine, and other chemicals that coat the pipes to aid in flow and corrosion prevention. Then you drink and cook with it.
I've also been involved in air quality automation with the California Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and the refineries but that's a topic for another post.
Oh yes it's really bad twice a year in Palm Harbor,Fl.So much so it bleaches out my clothes in the washer!I would never let it in my guts!The pool doesn't even smell that chlorinated
The water at my house for the past few months in Boca Raton Florida has been horrible, the smell is so strong, it stinks when I do the dishes I smell chlorine, when I shower it smells like chlorine, when I wash my face in the morning my eyes dry out so quickly that Visine dry eyes does not work!
Yes! I live in New Smyrna Bch Fl. The water is so bad I’ll throw up if I drink it. It burns my skin. My dog drinks bottled water as well or she gets sick. Everyone here has to buy water for their family and pets. It smells like pure bleach.
Yes. Seymour, CT. Some days it smells so strong you can actually smell the same smell as a swimming pool that has just been shocked. They put sample bottles on our doors a few months back. I did exact what the directions ask for. They collected the samples and I never heard anything back but I still get that strong chlorine smell. I actually had to put my dog down cause he had an issue ever since we moved here and the VCA hospital and his regular vet couldn't figure out what was harming him and I pray it wasn't from the water.
Yes, just moved to Cove, TX 3 months ago. So concerned and don’t know what to do. We are very close to a Harris County, in Chambers County. It’s so upsetting and I feel so helpless over it.
Leon Valley, TX Strong chlorine odor. As well 2 years ago I got very sick and found out a week in that there was an E.Coli outbreak in the water table. I was using a Brita, trying to be more enviornmentally wise and get away from plastic bottles. After I passed out in the living room there was a notice on the local news that there had been an issue. it had been going on for weeks, until people started to get really sick.
Well, HELLO, everyone! Yes, these problems are everywhere... ugh. Thanks for writing in and I hope you will try some of the steps we've talked about above. Forgot to mention EPA guidelines say chlorine should not exceed 4PPM in your water: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations#Disinfectants
Water reports come out every July, so be sure to review them and call your utility with questions/concerns!
Hello, I am an Automation Engineer and have worked on large scale water treatment projects. Though this experience I learned a lot about water treatment and as I now know too much I do not drink tap water ever. This is because I have worked with water treatment plants and operators and have learned that they are not at all on top of what they are putting out. They go through the motions to satisfy EPA requirements for testing but rarely give a damn what they are doing. They are bored to death sitting in a treatment plant for hours and frequently over or under feed the chemicals.
I have always been suspicious of tap water causing cancer over prolonged periods of exposure and consumption. Trihalomethanes are not easily monitored real time and yes Erin, these problems are nationwide. There is a long list of problems associated with municipal drinking water supplies and unfortunately money does the talking when it comes to how much effort they put into ensuring that it is safe for general consumption. It is too complicated for the average citizen to understand without going through some education on it. As part of my experience I got a Water Treatment Plant Operator Certification and have been involved in programming and design of the automated systems that run these facilities.
The controls are not always well maintained or calibrated, and a chlorine analyzer out of calibration can cause a gross misfeed of chemicals that can lead to many problems. They add a lot of things to the water from polymers that aid in the filtration process, chlorine, and other chemicals that coat the pipes to aid in flow and corrosion prevention. Then you drink and cook with it.
I've also been involved in air quality automation with the California Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and the refineries but that's a topic for another post.
Oh yes it's really bad twice a year in Palm Harbor,Fl.So much so it bleaches out my clothes in the washer!I would never let it in my guts!The pool doesn't even smell that chlorinated
Horrible here in Boca Raton Fl.
I think I got used to the string smell already! When I shower, do dishes,
When I get up in the morning and wash my face and brush my teeth my eyes dry out so badly that business dry eyes does not work
The water at my house for the past few months in Boca Raton Florida has been horrible, the smell is so strong, it stinks when I do the dishes I smell chlorine, when I shower it smells like chlorine, when I wash my face in the morning my eyes dry out so quickly that Visine dry eyes does not work!
Hello Erin, please help investigate Belpre ohio. We are part of the C8, but this is exactly what our water has been like for the last year!
I’m in San Diego, vista irrigation district. My water ALWAYS smells like chlorine
I always seem to smell chlorine when I am in Florida.
Yes! I live in New Smyrna Bch Fl. The water is so bad I’ll throw up if I drink it. It burns my skin. My dog drinks bottled water as well or she gets sick. Everyone here has to buy water for their family and pets. It smells like pure bleach.
It’s extremely strong here everywhere in the county. We don’t drink it. We can’t it’s to strong.
Yes it does very offen.
Everybody in Gladstone Oregon is complaining of that problem the last couple months
Yes. Seymour, CT. Some days it smells so strong you can actually smell the same smell as a swimming pool that has just been shocked. They put sample bottles on our doors a few months back. I did exact what the directions ask for. They collected the samples and I never heard anything back but I still get that strong chlorine smell. I actually had to put my dog down cause he had an issue ever since we moved here and the VCA hospital and his regular vet couldn't figure out what was harming him and I pray it wasn't from the water.
Yes, just moved to Cove, TX 3 months ago. So concerned and don’t know what to do. We are very close to a Harris County, in Chambers County. It’s so upsetting and I feel so helpless over it.
Leon Valley, TX Strong chlorine odor. As well 2 years ago I got very sick and found out a week in that there was an E.Coli outbreak in the water table. I was using a Brita, trying to be more enviornmentally wise and get away from plastic bottles. After I passed out in the living room there was a notice on the local news that there had been an issue. it had been going on for weeks, until people started to get really sick.
Lake Placid Florida. Water at times smell like strong chlorine.