Man, who else has noticed the funky smell coming from the tap in NYC for the past 8 months or so? The taste is also quite noticeable!
This, at a time when Mayor Bloomberg has been bragging about the City's fabulous tap water... encouraging residents that it's not at all necessary to purchase bottled water since NYC has such clean water for free.
So, Mr. Know-it-All, is it "clean" 'cuz they're adding tons of chlorine? That's definitely one of the foul smells that has permeated the taps (this year) in my opinion. It also has a bit of "rotten egg" smell; totally grosses me out! I don't wanna shower or brush my teeth with that crap :-(
Please let me know who else smells it -- What are your thoughts?
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 10:51 AMi thought it wuz me. . . . . yes the water has had an oder lately.
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 8:44 PMAre you guys in the same neighborhood? I haven't noticed a thing. I'm in Bay Ridge. -
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 10:10 PMYeah, NICK... we need to ask our neighbors to call 311 & make a complaint, bro.
Hey Sofeeeuhhhh, I'm in the heart of "the Slope".
Mimi, your Dad is a wise man. He's got a very smart daughter, too ;-)
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Wed, September 19, 2007 - 8:58 PMeww....well I've been in Greenpoint over a decade, and I won't even give my dog tap water...unless it's been filtered....talk about funky smells....all these folks snapping up property and most of them don't realize what's going on underground..
Read somewhere that tap water (don't know if this also applies to NYC) has more chlorine in it than your average swimming pool....ick. And what does chlorine ingestion, not to mention flouride ingestion do on a long term basis? I'm guessing it's not a good thing...
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Wed, September 19, 2007 - 8:59 PMOh, and my dad has a nice little slogan about Bloomie...."nothing worse than a weasel, than a smug weasel" amen. -
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Thu, September 20, 2007 - 4:46 PM
I've gone outta my way for years to do nothing but bathe in the tap stuff..., but haven't noticed anything diff here in Bushwick.... -
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Mon, September 24, 2007 - 6:58 PMDuz it smell like sulphur? I think that is a reaction of the chlorine in the pipes...
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Mon, September 24, 2007 - 8:38 PMI was reading this while I was taking a sip of tap water... :) I smelt the water in the glass and not a thing. Hmmm... -
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Mon, September 24, 2007 - 9:21 PM
yeah --
come to think of it, I smell it much more when the faucet is running... not nearly as much in the glass.
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Tue, September 25, 2007 - 6:53 AMall of our "tap" water comes from the same place. same 2 water tunnels that are on the verge of falling apart. ya'll know this right?
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Re: Don't drink the water?
Sat, October 6, 2007 - 4:08 AM>> I smell it much more when the faucet is running... not nearly as much in the glass.
Naw, I wuz wrong... too hasty, i guess. Ever since, I've been bottling tap water in plastic & glass containers of various sizes; as big as a gallon, as small as a pint. This is as far as I need to go in my experiment -- Y'know why?
'Cuz this crap tap water is clearly polluted... no matter how you cut-it!
Under scrutiny, it smells the same in each & every container no matter 'how big or small'.
After it has sat for a while it smells less, until you "shake-it-up".
So, Mr. Bloomberg... what does 'that' mean?
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