Gross tasting water...is is bad for you?

Do you live in the city or the country. Do you have a hook up to a public water system or a well. If you have a well, sometimes the wells need to be chlorinated. I am not sure how they could flush out pipes. So if the pipes are really old and you don't trust them then I would get a water system of your own. Boiling the water will kill anything that is in the water.

I do! My work place got shifted last month and the new workplace, everyone is complaining about the water that is coming from the dispenser. Thus, no one really touched it and we ended up buying ourselves bottled water. Being torture mentally is worse than physical torture...

DO NOT get water delivered. There was a show on teev tonight , a bit of documentary showing all sorts of bacteria in that water that is delivered...there was lots of faecal bacteria in it as well as other crap. I'd be buying the largest water container from the supermarket as often as required and cross my fingers and toes and hope for the best. Those water filters are very expensive.

Yes, you should be concerned. Between the ancient pipes and the things that end up in the water supply, you have plenty of basis for concern. I was convinced that the water in the apartment we were at in Florida was unfit. Given the condition of the apartment and what I'd heard about the drinking water in a nearby area, I was likely right. Here, I still am wary of tap water--but not as much so as before. I have more confidence in the water supply in this region. However, I still wouldn't make a habit of drinking it unboiled and/or unfiltered.

Definitely, once in a while in my house, during the morning hours you can smell the chlorine when the water is running. I have filtered water at my house, there is no way I could drink the water from the faucets neither cook with it. The taste alone makes gag. The sad part about this is that my house is fairly new it was recently constructed in 2004.

Do you live in an area with city water or does the water get pumped through the town's water tower? Is the complex on city sewer or septic? If everything is city plumbed then it has to be that there is old pipes in the complex and the owner hasn't been cited for any updates or gotten away with it. Insurance policies are specific to a point. Plumbing updates should be done every 25 years to bring them up to code. But the wording has loop holes. It also says the word improvements. So if something was changed out it is considered an improvement but not necessarily an update and can get around the expense of changing out all the rotten plumbing in the complex. Things things you can do: 1) Move to another apartment in another complex 2) Purchase a water filtering system like a Brita that is portable and easily attachable to your faucet. 3) Have the water tested. Go to city hall or the town hall and talk to an inspector about the water making you ill. He should come to your house or send someone to test the water. That might get the owner/landlord to make real updates and change out what could be hazardous to all occupants health. Fear of a law suit or fines from the town/city can motivate people. Good luck and hope you stay healthy!

oh, yeah i think that water is dirty. sometimes it happens to us too especially that there was a tank where the water is kept and it sorts of make our water stagnant for a few hours. i think if the tank is not cleaned, it will surely produce some things that would cause the water to be dirty. we worry about our drinking water, actually we buy drinking water and if its got some weird taste to it, well... we won't drink it anymore because we are worried more on amoebiasis, or other disease you can get from dirty water.

I do worry about my drinking water. You might try boiling it and putting it in the fridge...that might help. A filtering system would be good too but you will gross out when you see that filter when you change it. Even if your pipes weren't old. I don't really know what the implications are of old pipes but it can't be good. I bet my pipes are pretty old too.

I would imagine that anything rather off tasting might not be the best for you. Granted a quick drink would rather be something that would not kill you but obviously if you drink a lot of water from a place that tastes funny, then perhaps. I don't really have that problem at home thankfully but I just remember when I went to school, how bad the water in the fountain tasted. Of course, after gym class, it was likely a good idea to take a drink of water. It was either drink the gross tasting water or dehydration. To me, the choice did rather seem obvious, but perhaps that is just me. Still there is likely going to be something wrong with the water. Or something in the pipes. Or something wrong with the fountain. Or just something wrong period. At least from my recollection of that experience.

Yes when the water tastes funny I don't drink it anymore. You can get yourself several health issues if you continue drinking that kind of water. Water is very important and should not be taken for granted.

the water in my mothers old house always tasted gross and of chemicals as well. you get used to that and in our first apartment here in a different city its the same problem with the tap water. we also get us bottled water to drink for this reason. but the tap water here is good enough for making coffee.

The thing the bothers me about smelly water is I don't like it. Even water with sulfur in it is a turn off, and they say that this water is actually good for you. I know water is different with different mineral contents etc but my concern is if I don't like I will not use it as much and that is a shame because water is good for you.

You've been there for 40 years? oh no, i think there might be some problem with your water as you said, it really smells. It's a good idea that you're planning to get some fresh water to be delivered every month, i think it's the best way you can do. As for me, i always make sure about the water i drink. If you drink some dirty water, you might get some disease that will cause diarrhea. So to avoid that, make sure your water is safe to drink.