Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by
Mags
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Our tap water sometimes has an awful taste at times, it evens spoils the taste of a pot of tea on some days. I always keep bottles of Volvic water in the house now for anyone wanting just a glass of water.
In 1992, locals in the Oswestry area had our lovely soft water supplied from our local Reservoir taken away from us without our knowledge. Up until then, washing our clothes was superb, visitors from hard water areas couldn't get over how nice the water tasted and how it never left soap scum residue around the sink, and we certainly didn’t know what hard water and limescale was until then!
We only found out when we turned our taps on and vile brown sludge came out of the taps. Severn Trent and the local council had decided in their wisdom that they were taking it away and replacing it with water taken solely from the River Severn. For years the water tasted foul with countless complaints that it tasted vile and was undrinkable. It took over a decade of campaigning for them to finally change it again to 50 per cent borehole water and the remaining 50 per cent from the River Severn. Since then we have at least had drinkable water but I know I am not alone in missing our beautiful soft water supply.