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People with experience working in and around municipal water infrastructure: Do you drink tap water? Are there times when you do not? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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This question is obviously intended for those that live in places where tap water is "safe to drink."

I live in Southern California, where I'm at the end of a long chain of cities. Occasionally, the tap smells of sulfur, hardness changes, or it tastes... odd. I'm curious about the perspective of people that are directly involved and their reasoning.

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[โ€“] ultranaut@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you have any reason to suspect the quality of your water, get it tested! It's not that expensive, you just ship a sample to a lab and they email you a report. Because so many people depend on well water there's a bunch of labs all over the country that do water quality testing, it's a relatively cheap and accessible service.

[โ€“] GluWu@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Unless you need a full pathogen panel, you can just buy the tests for pretty much anything at hardware stores. There are kits that include several.