Weird taste since water meter installed?

stefanovich

On the north side of the city. Water meter recently installed while I was away on holiday. Since our return there's been an odd metallic taste from the tap water. Anyone else notice something similar? It's put me off drinking it....

Loweface

Are you sure it's not a chlorine taste?

I imagine they would have to up the level of sanitising chemicals while the works are underway.

(Purely a guess though)

Special Circumstances

I'd take metallic, or chlorine. I've got an upfront bouquet of "wet golden retriever", giving way to a lingering aftertaste of "building site bucket".

stefanovich

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I'd take metallic, or chlorine. I've got an upfront bouquet of "wet golden retriever", giving way to a lingering aftertaste of "building site bucket".

Is this just since the meter installation?

Girlfriend reckons it tastes mouldy rather than metallic. No idea why she knows what mould tastes like (perhaps it's close to wet dog?)

All I know is we have been drinking tea or bottled water since our return.

Perhaps it's totally unrelated to the meter. I read online that if you are away for an extended period of time the pipes in the house can literally get mouldy.

wildrover444

I was saying it to the wife that our water has tasted funny since they installed the meters and that was a few months ago now. Think I might invest in a brita jug filter or something like that.

Special Circumstances

stefanovich wrote: »

Is this just since the meter installation?.

Not directly linked to meter fitting in my opinion.
Used to live near top of fr russell road well before water meters, water was manky wet dog tasting off and on. This is the same, but stronger taste and more prolonged instance of it.


Just at my kitchen sink now, wet leaves, musty, mouldy could be better descriptions of what I'm choosing to call wet dog.

House of Blaze

I was complaining about the exact same thing after there was work done to the water supply in my area (kimmage).

A kind of metallic taste. I initially thought it smelled funny too. My brother maintains i'm imagining things!

my3cents

This could be due to the meter installation. If they turned the mains supply off to a whole area then they would have disturbed the crap that slowly gets deposited inside the water mains pipes. What happens is all the fine crap in the water settles down in the pipes with the normal flow, when that flow is stopped then suddenly turned back on then there is a rush of water that stirs it up.

steveon

I too have been using a Brita filter since they worked in my area over 8 months at first I was blaming a cheap kettle the gf had bought but changing that changed nothing...definitely something they did ...and as I said it has been months I used to have lovely water before hand. Now I filter it all before use in my kettle for tea.

wildrover444

I wonder is there a kit that you can buy to check the quality of water. I know you can buy strips to check the hardness of the water

Xennon

http://biowater.ie/

SoapMcTavish

How do you know if a meter has been installed for your property ?

stefanovich

SoapMcTavish wrote: »

How do you know if a meter has been installed for your property ?

They'll have made **** of the pavement outside your house and there'll be a new square cover with the words "Water Meter" on it.

Popoutman

I've the same out in Castletroy, an odd musty taste from the water. I'd prefer a chlorine bouquet as that at least will evaporate off. It's definitely new within the past few months, and it's annoying me and I'm likely to have to get some form of jug filter for the water as a result.

One of my relatives is in water treatment, must ask them about the possible causes of this.

stefanovich

Popoutman wrote: »

I've the same out in Castletroy, an odd musty taste from the water. I'd prefer a chlorine bouquet as that at least will evaporate off. It's definitely new within the past few months, and it's annoying me and I'm likely to have to get some form of jug filter for the water as a result.

One of my relatives is in water treatment, must ask them about the possible causes of this.

Tried to drink a glass again on Friday. Definite nasty taste. Water used to be perfect. I've resorted to bottled water. If I am going to pay for it anyway might as well have something drinkable.

Seems the price of bottled water has dropped recently thankfully. 2 litres of volvic for 1 euro in dunnes. Lots of other offers on water too.

Special Circumstances

Popoutman wrote: »

One of my relatives is in water treatment, must ask them about the possible causes of this.

Algae? Too much excrement/fertilizer, not enough chlorine?

my3cents

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Algae? Too much excrement/fertilizer, not enough chlorine?

When we had the wet dog taste in the water it was due to a cock up at the treatment plant. There was aerobic decomposition of muck that had been caught up in the sand filter due to poor maintenance.