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Originally Posted by
Toodles McGinty
I noticed the difference in the water when I moved here from Manchester some 20-odd years ago.
I hated the taste of the water. Even in tea and coffee it tasted just wrong. Every time I went back I just loved drinking pints of Adam's Ale from the tap.
I'm used to it now, but I still use a Berkey water filter at home. If nothing else it takes the chemical smell away.
Yes, big difference in water in different regions.
True! I disguise the taste with lemon juice.
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Originally Posted by
Alikado
Sewerage!
Now you come to mention it - it could be that kind of taste.
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Originally Posted by
The PNP
Yes, tapwater varies greatly from place to place. I used to stay over at a relatives in Crosby sometimes, who had incredibly soft water. Never come across softer anywhere else.
Spent several weeks in Colchester at one time, where the evidence for their chalky water was noticeable in places like pubs. Mirrors, glasses and other shiny surfaces were extra-sparkling, due to the very fine abrasive nature of invisibly-small chalk particles in the tapwater.
Interesting that on posh yachts, they have to add minerals to water from their watermakers. This is because it's so pure, the water must be re-mineralised to avoid health issues due to lack of essential trace-elements.
When these yachts are in port and using shore-supplied tapwater, they process it to remove the minerals from it for washing the boats down, or the salts in the tapwater leave marks behind when it dries.
Interesting - we watched those little rowing boats being filled up at Monte Carlo - but I think it was from a certain supply.
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Originally Posted by
Nick2
Everywhere else I’ve ever lived down the years, the water has been “softer” than the Southport I remember. In the middle of the last century, we lived on Guildford Road. We could look across the Moss and see clearly the Artesian well tower, on top of Parbold Hill, or thereabouts. At the same time the inside of our kettle was always coated with a thick crust of lime.
What water supply do you get where you are- Is it reservoir water or groundwater? Do you have to pay for it? They do not have to pay for water in Wales.
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Originally Posted by
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What water supply do you get where you are- Is it reservoir water or groundwater? Do you have to pay for it? They do not have to pay for water in Wales.
Our water supply originates from the River Derwent. Household rates include a charge for water supply.
Just be yourself, no one else is better qualified!!
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Originally Posted by
Nick2
Our water supply originates from the River Derwent. Household rates include a charge for water supply.
You pay rates of about one third of what we have to pay, then we get a water bill of around £440 ($AU 853) per year on top of that. Don't worry about the faulty TV, I am coming over there OK?
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Originally Posted by
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You pay rates of about one third of what we have to pay, then we get a water bill of around £440 ($AU 853) per year on top of that. Don't worry about the faulty TV, I am coming over there OK?
No! It's not OK. Cheeky Sandgrounders will be refused a visa. And before you say anything, I was allowed in 48 years before they realised what a Sandgrounder was.
Just be yourself, no one else is better qualified!!
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Originally Posted by
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You pay rates of about one third of what we have to pay, then we get a water bill of around £440 ($AU 853) per year on top of that. Don't worry about the faulty TV, I am coming over there OK?
You need a water meter if you are paying £440, my bill is around £252
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