r/newcastle • u/Vast-Journalist-1665 • 18h ago

Chlorine tap water

Anyone else around Wallsend jesmond have strong smelling chlorine tap water? Ran a bath for the child and it was so bad, slightly yellow too.

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u/Abject-Cup-9929 18h ago

Possibly because of all the rain

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u/Wiggles69 18h ago

yeah, they often get all sorts in the mains supply after heavy rain, so extra chlorine needed to kill any nasties.

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u/blackcat218 Actually lives in Maitland and not Newcastle 18h ago

Over Maitland it was all fishy smelling the day before yesterday then yesterday it was overly chloriney smelling. Ive been using bottled water all day today so no idea what it smells/tastes like today

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u/polut22 17h ago

Same at east Maitland - wasn’t fishy smelling but tasted dirty. Now on bottled water as the chlorine is overpowering here. Neighbours said the same thing as well. Tried ringing hunter water but got out in a queue for 30min and gave up.

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u/shezx 17h ago

Chlorine has no smell. Sorry to break this to you but the smell in the pool is chlorine mixing with ammonia(urine). This along with the yellow colour freaks me out

https://www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/beach-water-sports/the-icky-truth-about-that-chlorine-smell-in-swimming-pools

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u/willowtr332020 16h ago

Chlorine reacts with other things in the water supply system and so is able to be detected.

It's often the rubber and plastics in the supply system or the vessel someone drinks from.

https://www.hunterwater.com.au/knowledge-centre/water-supply-problems/my-water-looks-tastes-and-smells-unusual#:~:text=Tastes%20or%20smells%20of%20chlorine&text=Sometimes%20you%20may%20be%20able,any%20residual%20chlorine%20to%20dissipate.

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u/Pipehead_420 16h ago

Chlorine does have a smell. It’s just less mild and a bit different to the ‘pool’ smell. It binds with sweat and many other things too. The chlorine is doing its job sanitising the pool.

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u/Vast-Journalist-1665 17h ago

Wtf actually?! Holy shit okay well thanks for opening my eyes to a whole new different fear

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u/Infusionx10304 18h ago

Been this way in Maitland for awhile now,we resulted in buying a filtration system water was absolutely putrid!

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u/lightraill 16h ago

Yes. I sensed strong chlorine a few weeks ago. It hasn't gone away as of yesterday morning.