Why does tap water taste so heavy?

[faithfulbird20]

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What does heavy taste like?

It doesn't, to me anyway. But I'm wondering if you're my DH who insists on downing gallons of bottled water and screw the cost/planet because tap water apparently 'sits heavy on him'

Not sure what you mean by that. Our water is lovely Yorkshire Water, from the reservoirs just up the road from us.

It depends where you live. It tastes different in different places. And at different temperatures.

Ours is soft water. Tastes lovely. Sort of sweet and light. Comes through lots of Derbyshire limestone.

Do you mean metallic? Like Spatone?

Maybe metallic...all I know is at my parents house the water tastes light and sweet. Whereas in my house (10 mins away) it has a strange taste..I guess metallic maybe the word...something wrong with our taps?

This has piqued my interest! Try here: www.unitedutilities.com/help-and-support/your-water-supply/your-water/water-quality/unusual-taste-smell/bitter-or-metallic/

Or is it recent? Have you had covid?

I know what you mean! My in laws live in a hard water area and it just tastes weird, I even hate having a cup of tea with it because it's just heavy. We used to live in a soft water area and the taste was just so different.
Apparently filtering it in one of those Brita filter things works, we've never tried it so can't say if it does.

Ours taste horrible too, metallic and bleachy! We had to get a water filter to make it more palatable.

There's probably a pigeon in your tank.

@KindergartenKop

There's probably a pigeon in your tank.

Drinking water comes directly from the water main, not your tank.

I prefer tap water that’s been left to stand for a while. Does that work for you? It definitely tastes different.

I don’t drink tap water, but on the very odd occasions I have to it tastes absolutely disgusting- it smells as well. 🤮

I live in a hard water area and know what you mean, it definitely effects the taste.

@FictionalCharacter there's a pigeon in your water main then.

@faithfulbird20

Maybe metallic...all I know is at my parents house the water tastes light and sweet. Whereas in my house (10 mins away) it has a strange taste..I guess metallic maybe the word...something wrong with our taps?

Definitely try a water filter.

I've only lived in places with good water, and even here I can taste the difference with a filter. For drinking, a Brita filter jug kept in the fridge is ideal.

I use a Brita filter jug too and the improvement is significant. I'm in West Yorkshire and I suspect the tap water contains a fair bit of iron judging by the faint red trace marks in the bathroom and noticeable metallic smell when my laundry is drying inside.

BTW, isn't 'heavy water' something to do with nuclear weapons manufacture ?

I got a filter jug hoping it would improve the tap water and it made the water taste disgusting, despite rinsing the cartridge several times.

Agree with pp about trying a filter jug. I now live in a hard water area after having soft water all my life and it's horrible. The filter jug just about makes it bearable for drinking but even after filtering it's still got a bit of that hard water taste (and scum).

The water is lovely here to the point I can't think it anywhere else. You have to drink when you pour though as it tastes stale very quickly if left to stand

@RandomDent thanks. We've not had COVID but I have been poorly like full on flu.

Our NW water is good. Water at mum’s SW London flat is horrible.

Yeah I'll still drink hard water from the north rather than salty weird London water!