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Rose1
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Username: Rose1
Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 5:02 pm: | 
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We just moved to Maplewood last month, and I have noticed that the water doesn't taste all that great. I'm not sure if I am smelling/tasting chlorine, or what it is, but it doesn't taste as pure as the Manhattan water I was drinking before. When the plumber came before we moved he had said he didn't drink the water, but always used bottled. A couple of neighbors have mentioned they use bottled water as well. All of them though have said they just buy from Costco or the store or whatever is easiest.
Would getting a water service make more sense?
Is the Brita filter enough?
What about putting a filter on the kitchen sink that you attach to the faucet?
Or is a filter on the actual line best?
Just wondering....
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Larry Seltzer
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Username: Elvis
Post Number: 14
Registered: 4-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 6:12 pm: |
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We drink it straight up, but I would try a filter before I bought bottled water as a matter of course.
And FYI, Maplewood water is not flouridated. |
Sherri De Rose
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Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 254
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 6:33 pm: |
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Being originally from Brooklyn, we had the best water anywhere. We are actually lucky here in the Maplewood/S.O./Millburn area.We have some of the best NJ water.
Some southern NJ towns have it a lot worse. With a filter, it is still NJ water.
You can call a pig a duck, but it's still a pig. You'll either have to go the delivered water route or buy at the market. Welcome to NJ. (Seriously, welcome) |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3443
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 6:44 pm: |
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Maplewood water for the most part tastes very good, occasionally I find that I like to run it through the filter when the chlorine level gets a little high (usually after a few good rains).
I find that it tastes as good as that I used to have when in NYC. |
Alleygater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2182
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 7:48 pm: |
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I was raised in South Jersey and I thought our water was great. I don't have any problem with the water here either. I didn't have any problem with the water in Manhattan either. Florida water, NOW THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. |
Richard Kessler
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Username: Richiekess
Post Number: 130
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 7:51 pm: |
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They water here tastes pretty good to me. I have tested it and found it to be pretty much on the hard side. Other than that, I think it's pretty good and stands up pretty well to NYC water.
As for NYC tap water, I think it has declined. A number of years ago, maybe 10, they went from simply filtering NYC water to treating it. It, is in fact, treated with chlorine, and a number of other thing including fluoride and orthophosphate. I can often smell the chlorine when I drink it. |
cody
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Username: Cody
Post Number: 1012
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 8:28 pm: |
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I find the water here usually tastes pretty good, but in the summer it can taste a bit swampy or heavily-chlorinated. I know the water company advised us of occasional algae blooms in past summers. That was the reason for the swampy taste. The heavy chlorination was to get rid of the swampy taste.
Anyway, in the summer we usually drink bottled water, but drink the town water the rest of the year. |
Case
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Username: Case
Post Number: 1733
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 8:41 pm: |
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This would not address any health concerns, but I typically drink the maplewood water with a splash of lemon juice - it sounds odd, but once you get used to it you'll love it. |
Wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2545
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 9:12 pm: |
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My husband hated the taste of the water when we moved here many years ago (I tolerated it because I hated lugging the water containers home from the grocery store). We both come from NYC and were spoiled with the taste there. We've had a PUR water filter for years and it really gets rid of the heavy chlorine taste that our water appears to have. |
jab
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Username: Jab
Post Number: 566
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 2, 2006 - 10:51 pm: |
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We couldn't stand the water when we moved here and bought jugs of water for a long time. Then we bought a refrigerator with a water filter and dispenser and have been happy to drink the local water ever since. I wonder if the problem before could have been the old pipes that the water was coming through. Now, our water goes into the refrigerator through a new (as of the time of installation) plastic tube. I think we tried Brita pitchers with the old sink (now we have a new sink and pipes) water and that it didn't help much. Something else to consider is that in Maplewood the recycling trucks do not pick up plastic any more, so if you buy lots of jugs of water you might be filling your trash cans with them. No longer dealing with all of the empty water jugs is a big plus. |
Rose1
Citizen
Username: Rose1
Post Number: 23
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 9:30 am: |
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Thanks everyone. That is all good to know. I think we will probably just stick with the filter idea instead of the bottles, and now it is just a question of which kind. Is the PUR the same as a Brita pitcher, or is that something different? Attatched to the sink faucet or line?
Have a good weekend :-) |
Barb
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Username: Flannery
Post Number: 216
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 9:39 am: |
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You can also have a whole house water filter built into your plumbing. We did and noticed a huge difference. We've virtually moved away from bottled water to drinking from the tap now.
We change the filter every 3-4 months and have been amazed at the mineral content that it filters. It also eliminates the chlorine.
The filters cost about $20-30. We had the plumber insert it into our system so that we bypass the outdoor spigots, but it does still filter the water going to the washer, dishwasher, etc. The filters are easy to change and readily available at local plumbing supply houses. |
Joan
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Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7549
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 2:00 pm: |
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Maplewood water is perfectly safe to drink but you may want to test the water coming out of your pipes for lead content, especially if yours is an old house with old plumbing. This is an issue with your hot water pipes, not with the water at the point it enters your house.
If you remember to always cook with water from the cold water pipe and drink tap water only from the cold water pipe, even this should not be a problem. |
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