Why my filtered water have strange taste?

Steven.Jialat SG · 2010-11-23T14:06:40+00:00

Bangalahs masturbate into your HDB water tanks.That's why.

Steven.Jialat SG

I bought a Cleansui water filter at $129 from Best Denki. Just started using it and it has a very strong, strange taste. Why like that? I thought it is supposed to improve the taste of water?

Rock^Star SG

It could be as simple as...the water you have been tasting all along is strange and that the normal taste has resumed. If you go overseas and drink the water, it also tastes differently from what we have in sg.

ditzy SG

Because its been filtered.

Steven.Jialat SG

Seriously, it taste like shit or plastic. I rather have bottled water that isnt so bad, but bottled water is expensive and not eco friendly.

MyPillowTalks SG

It's the taste of the filters.

Junyang700 SG

LOL... did you wash the filter before you use it? Else, the strong taste should be there for a while first because the filter is new?

βέτά SG

Think you are more used to drinking contaminated water.

ditzy SG

You should have bought the Diamond water filter system, it costs 10 times more, and the water will taste 10 times better than what you're getting now.

jacqn SG

there are many water filters out in the market. Being expensive not necessarily be the best. but if you pay 129 expecting for a good filter is really out.. TS you should go back to the store to find out why the taste is like that. if you cant accept the explanantion and the taste, refund it. health is more important. the quality of water affect our health a whole lot.

but seriously, $129 worth of water filter will not give you clean water with the minerals. thats why good mineral water are expensive.

βέτά SG

Go change the filter to HGC9E-S.

http://www.cleansui.com/en/cartridge/index.html#csp

It's quite good, maybe you used to drinking chlorinated water, that's why can't get used to filtered water, the filtered water definitely doesn't taste strange.

I installed one for my friend in China, after 3 months the white hollow filter membrane all turned reddish, that kind of gives you an idea of water quality in China. In Singapore the white hollow filter membrane doesn't turn reddish, it just turns greyish.

Quinsy SG

You should rinse the filter with water thoroughly first before use.

fudgester SG

Why do you even need a filter?

Our tap water is potable and is well within WHO standards for potability.

ditzy SG

Why do you even need a filter?

Our tap water is potable and is well within WHO standards for potability.

It is, until it reaches the water tank on top of your HDB flat.

βέτά SG

Treated water contains trihalomethanes, which is a carcinogen.

Trihalomethanes are formed as a by-product predominantly when chlorine is used to disinfect water for drinking. They represent one group of chemicals generally referred to as disinfection by-products. They result from the reaction of chlorine and/or bromine with organic matter present in the water being treated. The THMs produced have been associated through epidemiolgical studies with some adverse health effects. Many governments set limits on the amount permissible in drinking water. However, trihalomethanes are only one group of many hundreds of possible disinfection by-products-the vast majority of which are not monitored-and it has not yet been clearly demonstrated which of these are the most plausible candidate for causation of these health effects. In the United States, the EPA limits the total concentration of the four chief constituents (chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and dibromochloromethane), referred to as total trihalomethanes (TTHM), to 80 parts per billion in treated water.

Chloroform is also formed in swimming pools which are disinfected with chlorine or hypochlorite in the haloform reaction with organic substances (e.g. urine, sweat, hair and skin particles). Some of the THMs are quite volatile and may easily vaporize into the air. This makes it possible to inhale while showering, for example. The EPA, however, has determined that this exposure is minimal compared to that from consumption. In swimmers uptake of THMs is greatest via the skin with dermal absorption accounting for 80% of THM uptake^[1]. Exercising in a chlorinated pool increases the toxicity of a "safe" chlorinated pool atmosphere^[2] with toxic effects of chlorine byproducts greater in young swimmers than older swimmers^[3].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trihalomethane

βέτά SG

Just because something has the approval of some agency does not mean that it is 100% safe for consumption on a prolonged basis.

Take sausages, salted fish, salami and ham, they all contain nitrites, if one ingest too much nitrites over a long period of time, one would be putting oneself in the high risk group for cancer.

A principal concern about sodium nitrite is the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in meats containing sodium nitrite when exposed to high temperatures. Such carcinogenic nitrosamines can be formed from the reaction of nitrite with secondary amines under acidic conditions (such as occurs in the human stomach) as well as during the curing process used to preserve meats. Dietary sources of nitrosamines include US cured meats preserved with sodium nitrite as well as the dried salted fish eaten in Japan. In the 1920s, a significant change in US meat curing practices resulted in a 69% decrease in average nitrite content. This event preceded the beginning of a dramatic decline in gastric cancer mortality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_nitrite

viewquek SG

Our drinking water is way above WHO standard. See no reason why we need a filter. Any way all these filter are pack with activated carbon and it is unlikely to rid further impurities from our drinking water. Anyway, Singapore is one country where u can drink directly from the tap.

βέτά SG

I guess it would be alright to drink it if you don't know that it's unsafe to do so.

Saccharin was an approved sweetener till it was discovered to cause cancer and subsequently banned.

To me it's the lesser of two evils, if the government don't chlorinated our water, chances for microbial diseases will increase. So they chose chlorination as the lesser evil.

Trihalomethanes and Colorectal Cancer

Studies conducted at HIEHS have shown that administration of certain trihalomethanes, by-products of water chlorination, and several brominated chemicals cause colorectal cancer in experimental animals. Epidemiologic studies now suggest a link between the consumption of chlorinated water and increased human risk for colorectal cancer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567194/?page=1

Itedino SG

Boil and drink la. So lazy for what

βέτά SG

Boiling doesn't rid the water of trihalomethanes.

parn SG

Best is to have your own distiller installed at home.

But I guess not many of you know what I'm talking about since all so concerned about water filtration.