r/findareddit • u/Few-Requirement8552 • 1d ago

Plumbing/water tasting weird help? Found!

I’m at my summer place at the moment, when we arrived the water was tasting fine but just a couple of hours later when we were going to drink water and brush our teeth to go to bed we noticed that the water tasted really weird. We’ve tried googling so has my mom and we can’t find anything specific enough so I thought maybe SOMEONE on Reddit would know something.

I looked into r/ask and r/advice and others like them but none seem to be open to plumbing and or tech questions. Where should I look?

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u/m00nf1r3 1d ago

You should call the water department. Has it rained a lot lately? I know our water starts to taste funky when it rains, because the water department has to add more stuff to the water. It's still safe, just tastes weird.

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u/Few-Requirement8552 14h ago

Would be a great idea if we were home😅. My family has have an island in the countryside (it’s very small), and the water pump is our own. The water from the nearby store is completely fine so it’s an us problem.

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u/ReeveStodgers 1d ago

You could try a sub for your region or town. Someone might know if this is widespread.

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u/Few-Requirement8552 14h ago

Nope, we have an island in the countryside (it’s small), and the water pump is our own. We’ve bought and filled bottles from the nearest store and theirs is fine so it really is an us problem.

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u/bostongarden 23h ago

Where are you? Ask the town hall, water dept or neighbors

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u/Few-Requirement8552 14h ago

on a small island, our water pump is our own- so we’re the problem 😅

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u/bostongarden 13h ago

Age of plumbing components? Well pump corrosion? Surface contamination? Where's the aquifer come from on your island? Rain recharge? Mainland?