I wound up buying a huge 10L jug of water today since I’m still not at the point of believing that spending hundreds of dollars in a water filter can be justified. It’s just that the water here is really, really, really, bad. I’ve never encountered tap water this chlorinated before. All I can figure is that the current floods have something to do with it; that perhaps they’re overtreating the water to ensure potability. The result is incredibly caustic. I made a pan of pasta two days ago, cooking the pasta with water from the tap. I didn’t taste the pasta before adding sauce and cheese, which is a shame because I had to throw the whole thing out! Despite the strong tomato sauce and stinky cheese, all you could taste was chlorine! After washing my hands, all I can smell is chlorine. After dinner tonight, I could still smell chlorine on the dishes after washing and drying them. Dinner was lemon-garlic prawns and lemongrass halibut, which should have stunk up the RV, but could I smell fish in here after? Nope, all I could smell was, yup, chlorine!

I’ll use the water from the jug for cooking, teeth brushing, and drinking (kitties drink what mom drinks) this week and see how quickly I go through it, and also keep tabs on the smell of the water. It hasn’t always been this bad; I used to be able to brush my teeth with it at least!

I’ve been showering at the pool complex and haven’t noticed if the water smells bad there. It’s a pool complex. It’s supposed to smell like chlorine! So, it’s kind of hard to judge. 😀