Not in Australia, but: I have my own waterwell (just a 4 meter deep hole in the ground) and learned that water tastes different nearly each day. A little rain, no rain, heavy rain, long showers or short, the length of periods between the rain's ..... it all has an impact on the taste.
For what I know, it's more constant if you get your water from greater depths. That's probably why a water company (who often use larger reservoirs on greater depths) have a more constant taste. that and usually a lot of water treatment.
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WaterWaiver - 4mon
Plumbed from Sydney Water, in the burbs.
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makingStuffForFun @lemmy.ml - 4mon
I've traveled a lot of Australia, and I have a small water filter that I take with me everywhere, because there are many many town's water that taste like earth, or dirt, or dusty.
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WaterWaiver - 4mon
I also find the water in other places weird. I wonder if my tapwater normally reeks of something awful and I can't tell because I grew up on it, a bit like how you get used to smells and can't detect them any more.
WaterWaiver in sydney
Tap water tastes like soil
Anyone else?
Apparently it's not unheard of when there is lots of rain. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/sydney-water-reveals-reason-metro-households-are-reporting-funky-tasting-tap-water/news-story/20364e971f104eaeb7a2a0a7e58ec8e5 (anyone got some non-Murdoch sources?)
Depends. How do you get your water??
Not in Australia, but: I have my own waterwell (just a 4 meter deep hole in the ground) and learned that water tastes different nearly each day. A little rain, no rain, heavy rain, long showers or short, the length of periods between the rain's ..... it all has an impact on the taste. For what I know, it's more constant if you get your water from greater depths. That's probably why a water company (who often use larger reservoirs on greater depths) have a more constant taste. that and usually a lot of water treatment.
Plumbed from Sydney Water, in the burbs.
I've traveled a lot of Australia, and I have a small water filter that I take with me everywhere, because there are many many town's water that taste like earth, or dirt, or dusty.
I also find the water in other places weird. I wonder if my tapwater normally reeks of something awful and I can't tell because I grew up on it, a bit like how you get used to smells and can't detect them any more.
Shots fired.
Ph might be out of balance
I'll give it a strip. Could be interesting.