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What's wrong with my water?

jayteecork · 2011-10-18 01:12:42

Something was wrong with the supply earlier, now it's coming out all cloudy, as if there's salt in it. Does anyone know what this could be and is it safe to drink? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/sdc12776u.jpg/

18-10-2011 1:12am

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Something was wrong with the supply earlier, now it's coming out all cloudy, as if there's salt in it.

Does anyone know what this could be and is it safe to drink?

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/sdc12776u.jpg/

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#2 18-10-2011 1:14am

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I think there might be salt in it, taste it and see.

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#3 18-10-2011 1:14am

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Them Bulmers glasses look a bit like a mis-shaped knob...

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#4 18-10-2011 1:15am

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Its perfectly fine, just let the water settle and the murkyness will go away. Happens from time to time. I dont have an explanation but it wont kill you. One of lifes unsolved mysteries.

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#5 18-10-2011 1:17am

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It is just air, drink away.

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#6 18-10-2011 1:17am

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It's just air, was the supply turned off? No harm atal

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#7 18-10-2011 1:17am

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The water looks a bit wet OP.

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#8 18-10-2011 1:19am

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This is a case of Air in your water.

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#9 18-10-2011 1:24am

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When Michael D Higgins becomes president that'll all change.

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#10 18-10-2011 1:24am

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Dont drink it , it WILL kill you.

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#11 18-10-2011 2:20am

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I'm sorry to tell you, but someone has been pooping in your water supply.

...pulls up trousers...

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#12 18-10-2011 2:53am

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OP, your water's broken.

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#13 18-10-2011 3:06am

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Water aids.

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#14 18-10-2011 3:15am

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Your water has the ghey grey

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#15 18-10-2011 5:35am

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Its just air or lime. Not sure which one I just know that my water is always like that. Leave it for a few seconds and it will disappear. Wont affect you in any way what so ever.

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#16 18-10-2011 7:56am

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It's air. Don't be a pussy.

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#17 18-10-2011 8:09am

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It's lime water and perfectly safe.

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#18 18-10-2011 8:10am

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Gophur wrote: »

It's lime water and perfectly safe.

stick some lemon in there and you'll have flat 7up

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#19 18-10-2011 8:24am

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That'd be the mind control agent put in by the government.

Don't worry though, you won't remember any of this by tomorrow OP.

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#20 18-10-2011 8:35am

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It looks like an elephant jacked off into your pint glass.

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#21 18-10-2011 10:12am

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Do you have to live near to a sperm bank?

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#22 18-10-2011 10:18am

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Boil it before drinking it if you're worried. Or if you have a filter jug, use that.

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#23 18-10-2011 10:19am

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Delete the system32 folder on your PC and your water should return to normal.

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#24 18-10-2011 10:28am

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does it settle down??.. if it does there shld be no prob

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#25 18-10-2011 10:33am

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Maybe you should clean the glass.

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#26 18-10-2011 10:40am

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"Nothing added but lime"

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#27 18-10-2011 10:42am

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Wrong forum, ask in Conspiracy Theories

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=576

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#28 18-10-2011 3:54pm

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It's lime OP. It's not harmful, but doesn't taste nice. That's what my parents water looks like the whole time. You can get a filter jug for probably about €20 or less in somewhere like Argos.

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#29 18-10-2011 3:57pm

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Anthrax

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#30 18-10-2011 4:17pm

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Have you tried rebooting it?

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#31 18-10-2011 5:20pm

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What you see in additional chlorine that has been added to the water. Chlorine in added to make the water safe to drink. They boost the levels at times when the pipework was opened up or the water was turned off as in these instances dirt can enter the system or even dirt sitting in pipe can be disturbed.
Now, the pipeline in under pressure but when you release some water into a glass, the chlorine (at normal atmospheric pressure will break away into the atmosphere. This is the settling effect you see in the glass. You should therefore allow the water to 'settle' as this means the chlorine has in effect gone and your water is both disinfected and now pretty much chlorine free.
If you drink it straight off when cloudy, you are drinking in chlorine.

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#32 18-10-2011 5:21pm

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Test it on the wife first, if it gives her an upset stomach send me some and I'll force my misses to swallow some

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