Strange taste and smell from water -Waterford city

Wafer thin mint

I've seen other posts like this but they are older so apologies for the duplication.
Since our water meter was installed, our water tastes and smells dreadful. It's undrinkable. Even when boiled. It reeks of chemicals.
I'm thinking of reporting it to the EPA but I wanted to check if other areas are having this problem first. Thanks!
Williamstown area.

Wanderer78

Wafer thin mint wrote: »

I've seen other posts like this but they are older so apologies for the duplication.
Since our water meter was installed, our water tastes and smells dreadful. It's undrinkable. Even when boiled. It reeks of chemicals.
I'm thinking of reporting it to the EPA but I wanted to check if other areas are having this problem first. Thanks!
Williamstown area.

would contacting irish water first be a better approach?

Wafer thin mint

Wanderer78 wrote: »

would contacting irish water first be a better approach?

Yep it probably would. I've had no dealings with irish water. Are they responsive do you know? I need to do something about it but not sure the correct course of action. Thanks for your reply :-)

Harry Palmr

I doubt it has anything to do with the actual business of sticking a metering unit in an existing length of pipe unless of course they botched it and it's only leaking now! :pac:

Is the water discoloured?

Wafer thin mint

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I doubt it has anything to do with the actual business of sticking a metering unit in an existing length of pipe unless of course they botched it and it's only leaking now! :pac:

Is the water discoloured?

Sometimes it goes really brown but for the most part it's clear enough (little cloudy at times).
It tastes and smells really bad. I don't know if it's something directly to do with the meter or if it's a subsequent problem but that's when it started.
I wanted to see if anyone else has the same problem.

Johnboy1951

There is a lot of information on this site some of which might be helpful

http://www.epa.ie/water/dw/

Wafer thin mint

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

There is a lot of information on this site some of which might be helpful

Thanks for that. I'll give it a look.

MentalMario

My water became undrinkable about 6 months ago. Before that it was grand when it was filtered using a Brita filter.

Some pain in the hole buying bottles of water to make tea/coffee.

It goes from cloudy to clear but is stink.

What area of the City are you in, Wafer Thin Mint?

I'm in a house down near The Glen.

Wanderer78

Wafer thin mint wrote: »

Williamstown area.

MentalMario wrote: »

What area of the City are you in, Wafer Thin Mint?

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paul-2008

I'm also in the Williamstown area and i agree, water tastes and smells very like chemicals.. I have resorted to buying bottled water the last few weeks

Wanderer78

any idea where williamstown water is coming from?

niallo76

Wanderer78 wrote: »

would contacting irish water first be a better approach?

Yep,here in Williamstown area also,water can be grand for weeks on end,then a real chemical/chlorine smell and taste.Even boiled it tastes ****e!

south

Mine is the same in the city centre

TheQuietFella

Revenge courtesy of Irish Water!!!

greenspurs

Tastes lovely in Kilkenny ....
Too many lemons in yeres? :P

Hoffmans

There's a lot of crap put into the water ,before it reaches your tap, could be the cause of the cancer epidemic gripping the city, along with residues from the toxic former crystal factory site

Road-Hog

Hoffmans wrote: »

There's a lot of crap put into the water ,before it reaches your tap, could be the cause of the cancer epidemic gripping the city, along with residues from the toxic former crystal factory site

And your evidence of the link?

Equally likely to be toxic stuff in the 'prestine' untreated well water alternative

rekdtangle

I'd have no evidence to that claim but what I've witnessed from the 9 houses that are down in Kingsmeadow across the road from it as follows:

Of the 20 people that live there 9 have had cancer in the last 10 years. Is that the average rate? I don't know.

greenspurs

Road-Hog wrote: »

And your evidence of the link?

Equally likely to be toxic stuff in the 'prestine' untreated well water alternative

Wow ...
No one picked up the spelling error yet .... :eek::D

FishOnABike

rekdtangle wrote: »

I'd have no evidence to that claim but what I've witnessed from the 9 houses that are down in Kingsmeadow across the road from it as follows:

Of the 20 people that live there 9 have had cancer in the last 10 years. Is that the average rate? I don't know.

Average for the population as a whole or average for a particular age cohort?

The relative incidence of cancer rises exponentially with age. Given when the area was developed for housing, I would expect a higher than average incidence of age related conditions purely on demographic grounds.

rekdtangle

FishOnABike wrote: »

Average for the population as a whole or average for a particular age cohort?

The relative incidence of cancer rises exponentially with age. Given when the area was developed for housing, I would expect a higher than average incidence of age related conditions purely on demographic grounds.

Average age of about 60.

FishOnABike

rekdtangle wrote: »

Average age of about 60.

Given that "1 in 2 people born after 1960 in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime." ( Reference: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/risk/lifetime-risk ) Statistics for Ireland should be similar. I don't think 9 out of 20 is anything out of the ordinary. Most of the original residents would be 70+ by now.

Hoffmans

rekdtangle wrote: »

Average age of about 60.

Ashe road down towards kingsmeadow serious cancer cluster ,
No surprise either with arsenic lead and highly cancerous cadmium spewing in the air for decades, how quick they levelled the lot of it

FishOnABike

Hoffmans wrote: »

Ashe road down towards kingsmeadow serious cancer cluster ,
No surprise either with arsenic lead and highly cancerous cadmium spewing in the air for decades, how quick they levelled the lot of it

Do you have data to back this up? The figures posted by rekdtangle above don't appear to be out of the ordinary.

Is there any supporting epidemilogical data showing a statistically significant cluster of any one specific type of related cancer?

Hoffmans

FishOnABike wrote: »

Do you have data to back this up? The figures posted by rekdtangle above don't appear to be out of the ordinary.

Is there any supporting epidemilogical data showing a statistically significant cluster of any one specific type of related cancer?

A quick door to door visit should answer your question there....

Aquos76

greenspurs wrote: »

Tastes lovely in Kilkenny ....
Too many lemons in yeres? :P

Might taste lovely but the hardness of it is killing all our appliances