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Strong smell of chlorine off water

  • 16-04-2020 9:07am
    #1
    gebbel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this in Drogheda recently. It’s stronger than I’ve ever seen it. Really puts me off using it for anything else other than washing stuff.


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  • #2
    raxy
    Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭raxy


    I believe it is due to the reduced consumption since businesses are closed. They have upped the chlorine to take into account the longer time it takes the water to clear the system.


  • #3
    gebbel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    raxy wrote: »
    I believe it is due to the reduced consumption since businesses are closed. They have upped the chlorine to take into account the longer time it takes the water to clear the system.

    Thanks for that. Makes sense. We’ve gone to bottled water, I know it’s a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things.


  • #4
    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    I drink tap water in Drogheda every day. Can't say I've noticed any change.


  • #5
    sudzs
    Registered Users Posts: 8,717 ✭✭✭sudzs


    Put the water into jugs, let it stand and the chlorine will evaporate and you'll have nicer drinking water.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    The chlorine has definitely been upped, and the smell off the Marsh Road “treatment plant” is on the rise as well.


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  • #7
    eldamo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭eldamo


    Meath not Louth, but I got a real whiff of chlorine off my tap today, thought I was going daft, nice to know I'm not alone.


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