Chlorine in water
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Topic: Chlorine in water
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Subject: Chlorine in water
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 10:09am
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Our water at home suddenly has a really strong smell of chlorine. When I run O's bath the whole bathroom smells like we are at the pools!! I dont know whether its normal or not, but it makes me kind of nervous that our tap water smells so strongly of it! I am still boiling the water for O's bottles and we have a filter jug, so we arent drinking it directly...but still....doesnt seem right to me!!! Do I contact Metrowater or the council or just live with it??
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 10:11am
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I think that can often happen when there has been heavy rain or something and so they have treated it a bit stronger... But I would ring the water people and see what they say...
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 10:15am
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Its normally the councils that look after the water systems so best to ring them and find out. If it smells that strong then that sounds a bit iffy to me. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 May 2008 at 10:20am
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Council is the best place.
Depending on where your water supply comes from (dam or bore) they usually dose the water with more chlorine if they have had a problem with algae etc. It's always fine to drink. They have to make sure of that. |