thread: Urgh, suggestions on how to drink town water...

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
    3,660

    Urgh, suggestions on how to drink town water...

    The water here, is disgusting. Flouridated water is terrible in general, not to mention this tastes like chlorine. I love water, and I am missing going to the tap to get a glass as I know i can drink 4-5litres a day in this weather.

    I have been buying Pureau water from the supermarket, but it gets costly after a while, so I need some suggestions on how to drink our town water.

    I have tried a filter, tried drinking it with a little lemon juice... but had to make it taste like lemon before it helped, freezing cold... I haven't tried boiling yet but i just don't see it helping.

    Has anyone else had any similar issues and found a way to overcome it. I am soooo thirsty. But the water makes me feel sick.

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
    11,462

    hun id try boiling it!!

  3. #3
    2013 BellyBelly RAK Recipient.

    May 2007
    Brisbane
    5,310

    I am so with you on this! Our town water here is FERAL. It tastes like I'm chewing on a metal pipe and its really hard. I want my sunny coast water back, it seemed so much fresher! I'm going to boil and hope it works! Hope you get some nice water soon xxxxx

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    1,256

    Boil it hun!!! The water down here is so merky and yucky so deff have to boil it, bottle it/jug it and put it in the fridge.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Dec 2005
    5,951

    Boil it, or can you buy a filter thingy which cleans the water?? Can't think of what they're called, but I would think they would slightly change the taste of the water too??

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    Rural NSW
    294

    Try getting a Brita tap filter, and then use it to fill the kettle or a pot to boil it. Then pop it in the fridge or keep it on the bench. You can also get tablet thingies that dissolve and purify water. Try googling for those.