Does anyone else in Palmy....
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Topic: Does anyone else in Palmy....
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Does anyone else in Palmy....
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:11pm
...find tap water gross at the moment? I rang the Council but they don't know what's up, just a suggestion that it might be mixing up because of too much rain.  Ugh it tastes like metal and I usually love to drink water but not today!!! -------------  |
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:16pm
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yep we have found it sooo gross! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:37pm
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Ring back the Council and ask that when they do their daily samples from around the city that when your house is in the zone that is due to be tested that you use your house as the sample point.
Each day they take a couple of samples from round the city from different zones. Each zone is usually tested every 3rd day or so, they have some fixed points they have to take samples for but when your zone comes up and its a random sample they can do it. And then you can request a copy of the results. If they are bum holes to ya ring the Lab directly. 351 4475.. but shhh don't tell them I told you to do that lol.. I use to work in the Lab hehe.. |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:39pm
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Ha ha stacey, so glad I'm not in palmy hehe, we have lovely tank water very fresh ------------- 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:42pm
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LOL Stacey. I think that might have been what the operator referred to but she certainly took down my name, address and number. I told her I was also tasting it at work on The Square. Hopefully it gets sorted soon cause I usually drink 8 glasses a day without trying!
I'm so glad I'm not imagining it though. When you start tasting metal in the water your brain does some pretty weird things about pregnancy etc, even when you have your period LMAO! ------------- |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 8:50pm
lol after working in the lab I would take palmy water over tank water ANY day.. the amount of e.coli growing in most tanks is nasty!! |
nictoddie wrote:Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 9:06pm
| i don't. but then i lived in taumarunui and drank the water there that most people said was ick. on a good day it was just cloudy |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 04 November 2007 at 9:21pm
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We haven't had any issues where I am living. Infact i'm back on the water (drinking 4 litres a day) and its great. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 05 November 2007 at 7:23am
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We have a special filter on our tank so I'm hoping there is no nasty's coming through none of us have been ill or anything as yet so heres hoping!!! And I'm not a big water drinker but have been a bit lately and it doesn't tatse yuck -------------
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 November 2007 at 7:25am
| Most filters don't actually get rid of all the bugs. It's good for kids though, makes them get use to all types of things. And it shouldn't taste yucky unless you get something dead in the tank. |