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[+] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)
  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Idk what kind of water filter you're using, but it's probably not filtering out bacteria.

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  • [+] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    My tap water goes through months of smelling funny at a time where I get nervous that it is unsafe to drink. I thought about buying a filter for the tap like a Brita filter or something...but my (admittedly very minimal) research showed that these only filter out things like mineral contaminants. Bacteria and other pathogens don't seem to get filtered out by most standard filters that people are using. It's just that they filter out the hard water.

    What do you use?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not Chief O'Brien but I use a reverse-osmosis water filter installed under the sink, that has its own drinking water tap. It has 6 or 7 stages of filters and a pressurized tank to hold a few gallons of filtered water. And it does remove bacteria, chlorine, fluoride, lead, and pretty much everything but water. I installed it about 10 years ago and it was a fantastic investment. It cost under $200 if I recall, and the yearly cost for filters is about $50 to $100 to have unlimited pure water. Filters must be replaced every 6-12 months, except for some like the RO membrane that lasts 2-3 years.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I used to live outside of Dallas and they had an algae bloom during the summer in whatever reservoir that would make the ice maker reek of garlic for a few months a year in the summer.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I suspect it is something benign but similar like that. Problem is that I really don't know that I have a way to know for sure. And anecdotally, my recurrent stomach issues significantly reduced once I stopped drinking my tap water. Mine smells like pond water tho instead of garlic lol.

    No, it's not my water heater. I had it replaced and the new heater smelled the exact same even when brand new before any possible sediment accumulation.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    A reverse osmosis system is probably your best bet. You can pour pond water in them and run lab tests with the results. Its basically distilled water though, so you want to make sure you get your minerals somewhere.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    I don't really think the origin of an outbreak that is spanning a third of the continental US, with the speed it apparently is, as geographically scattered as this seems to be, is a "water system" issue.

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