RE: water quality

Dickerson, Richard (Richard.Dickerson@TTMC.TTUHSC.EDU)
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:14:37 -0500


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This brings up a good point about keeping water in any container for a long
time. Water is going to absorb organics from any form of plastic container
and this process continues until equilibrium occurs. Also, all water has
bacteria in it but tap water has the least and it is tested more frequently.
It is advisable to add a few drops of bleach to any water container that is
stored such as the collapsible containers many of us use for water to the
sink. I worked for a number of years as the director of the water analysis
lab. My work now involves endocrine disruption caused by environmental
contaminants in water and food.
Richard
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D., DABT
Associate Professor, TIEHH and
Department of Pharmacology
Texas Tech Medical Campus
3601 4th Street
Lubbock Texas 79430
806 743 2425 xt 232
806 743 2744 fax

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> From: SolarFry@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:49 PM
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Re: water quality
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> Water is white off faucet due to aerator function of faucet. It puts air
> into
> water making it white. Air bubbles are micron size and dissipater after a
> while leaving water clear. White residue is calcium deposit from water.
> Filtering seems to do little for calcium deposit as it is dissolved in
> water.
> Only items in suspension can be filtered.
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> We drink tap water. Last local report on bottled water disclosed PCB's in
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> all bottled water and some even had bacteria in it. Our tap water proved
> to
> be cleanest. How about that? And we used to spend $$$$$$$$$ in bottled
> water. The plastic containers leave residues in the water... Further
> analysis determined they were adding sugars and deodorants to bottled
> water
> to make it taste good..
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> Back to the tap..
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>
> SF
>
>
> In a message dated 9/27/99 9:23:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> hlg@pacbell.net
> writes:
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> << Subj: Re: water quality
> Date: 9/27/99 9:23:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: hlg@pacbell.net
> To: wwpotter@tscnet.com
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> I drink from the refrigerator dispenser, which has a simple filter,
> activated charcoal, I think. The water is clear, and I like the taste. It
> doesn't seem to taste as good from the unfiltered tap. My wife drinks
> only
> bottled water. Our dishwasher water is unfiltered, but we don't get the
> white residue you describe. You might try a different detergent such as
> Cascade. We do get a mineral buildup in lthe little tray under the
> refrigerator tap, where any spilled water has evaporated leaving the
> minerals behind, and that's filtered water.
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> I don't have any confidence that bottled water is any more pure than our
> tap water, but it is likely to taste better. The bottled water comes out
> of
> a tap somewhere. Some years ago, Consumer Reports found that the best
> tasting water in the country was New York City tap water.
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> If the whiteness is just air bubbles, the water will be clear after it
> sits
> long enough for the bubbles to dissipate.
>
> Harry G
>
> >I was wondering if anyone has the same type of water quality as i do.
> The
> >water comes out white as milk from the tap. It eventually turns clear
> (the
> >water dept. said that it was 'turbidity' (sp?)--air bubbles in the
> >water--totally harmless), but there is always a white residue on dishes
> and
> >in the sinks after the water dries.
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> >a)does anyone else have this?
> >b)does anyone drink from the faucet, or does everyone buy bottled water?
> >c)does anyone know what the cause is or if it is harmful?
> >
> >james
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