If you live in DC and you notice a weird taste and smell in your drinking water, there's
a reason why.
This week, March 26th 2018, DC Water has switched its disinfectant from chloramine to chlorine.
This change will last until May 7th, 2018.
They call it "spring cleaning" and there's a good chance you'll notice a change in
the taste and smell of your drinking water… and not for the better.
The change in taste and odor is due to two main things;
Chlorine.
Most people find that water treated with chlorine has a stronger taste than water that has been
disinfected using chloramine.
Chlorine is also more volatile than chloramine, so it produces a stronger odor.
2.
Disinfection byproducts: The added chlorine can react with naturally occurring organic
matter in the water to form a class of chemicals called "disinfection byproducts"... things
like trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids.
It's typically disinfection byproducts that generate the "stale"
So how does this affect you?
Chlorine itself isn't harmful on it's own, and a temporary increase in disinfection
byproduct levels probably isn't major cause for concern, but you will probably find that
your water tastes and smells noticeably worse.
To reduce these things, you have a few options:
The easiest method is a water filter that connects to your faucet, fridge, or shower.
This removes chlorine and disinfection byproducts without any effort on your part.
However, you'll want to remember that most low end water filters out there don't do
a good job removing chloramine or disinfection byproducts, so you may want to consider getting
something more comprehensive.
Obviously, as a DC-based water filter company… we're biased, but we like to think that
we know our back yard very well
Aside from filtration, you can reduce the taste/odor issues generated by chlorine and
disinfection byproducts by doing one of the two things:
2.
If a strong chlorine taste is what's bothering you, putting some water in an uncovered jug
overnight will allow some chlorine to volatilize and go away.
However, a lot of people who use this trick find that the water then tastes stale, because
many disinfection byproducts are volatile, so they stay behind.
If your water tastes stale….
Letting your water run for a few minutes before filling up a glass will help to some extent
because doing so flushes out some of the disinfection byproducts that accumulate while the water
sits stagnant in the pipes.
If you have any questions about what this change means for your home, or want a filter
that is optimized to remove these disinfectants, as well as other contaminants found in DC's
water, please drop us an email at hello@hydroviv.com, or visit hydroviv.com and use our live chat
feature.
Our DC based water nerds will answer any questions you have about DC's water.
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See you next time.
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