Why does Florida water taste so bad?

[DanMedix]

Most of my family doesn't care for Florida's tap water, although I don't mind it. Where I live, we run off of artesian wells that has some of the best water in the U.S. (Pity that's the ONLY thing that the Memphis area has that's good.....)

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I'll agree that WDW's water isn't very good & I'm a FL resident. Our water, in the North Tampa suburbs, is much better than theirs. That said, I grew on natural spring water in NC, & everywhere I've been the water tastes bad compared to that.

 

[summertime_girl]

So you buy the $2.50 bottled water.

 

[bytheblood]

It is mostly gator poo.

 

[Racknack]

it is a Florida ...thing

I always find threads about Floridia water tasting bad a bit funny, especially since so much of the bottled water sold in this country comes from Florida in the first place.

 

[BuzzBiteyear]

I've wondered about this from time to time at WDW. It's as if there's no rhyme nor reason to some fountains being fine, while others tasting bad. Perhaps we should start a thread for us to list out good and bad water fountains.

Good:

Epcot - Inside of Honey I Shrunk the Audience

 

[Rora]

It is just what you get used to drinking! I personally do not like the water up north!

I agree. I'm from FL and I don't taste this icky water you taste.. now when I go up North, you can't get me to brush my teeth with tap water!

 

[seadd67]

Ya I have notice a diffrence, but it did not bother me it was fine and i drink alot of water. I think it has to do with people that drink bottel water to tab.more for me

 

[parrothead928]

This is from the FDA, EPA, and the SDWA regarding tap and bottled water. I cut and pasted this off of a website in regarding water in Florida.

The red bold print deals with the FDQ which covers bottled water.

How safe is tap water?
The public water supply is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). All municipal water systems serving 25 or more people are tested regularly for up to 118 chemicals and bacteria specified by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Individual states may require additional testing. Everyone who gets their tap water from a public system is therefore assured of regular testing and certain standards. And, when testing indicates a problem, corrective actions are instituted. These actions include notifying residents about the problem and informing them of any special precautions that may be necessary.
How is bottled water regulated?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets standards for bottled water if the water is bottled in one state and sold in another. FDA requirements are generally less rigorous than those of the SDWA. The FDA has standards that regulate microbiological, physical, radiological, and chemical characteristics of the water. When the EPA promulgates a standard for a chemical or microbial contaminant for public water, the FDA must either adopt the same standard for bottled water or find that the standard is unnecessary for bottled water to maintain the safety of the water. The FDA also inspects bottled water plants and collects and analyzes samples of bottled water.

 

[dr28326]

Isn't the water in the park filtered..or is that just if you get it from a food stand? I have some Culligan bottles with filters in them, should we take those for the parks?

 

[dburg30]

So you buy the $2.50 bottled water.

Darn, beat me too it.. Should've posted it when I thought about it

 

[Sophie_2003]

ok, ok...sulfur, alligator poo and rodent feces! lol

At least I know I am not alone! For the record DH does not mind it at all. But he totally would drink toilet water!

 

[Jacklynn]

I guess it just depends on what area you are from. I live about half an hour from Disney World and I've NEVER been able to drink tap water my whole life because of the taste, (in VA, IL or IN) but I do drink our water from the tap here in our apartment. I've always been a bottled water person "water snob", but our water here tastes fine.

 

[mhelsley]

and i do but then again i live in Dallas and if our lakes get low it seem they have to add more clorine and then i can't stand to drink even my tap water. Here is what i find really bad the Velda milk they sell in Florida. I tried it and it tasted spoiled so i checked the lable nope no were close to expiration date.
So I though i got a batch that maybe sat out and went bad. So to see if the above maybe happened when we got on our ship we tried it again nope spoiled taste. Then latter when we were leaving a lady sat down at the airport with us and we couldn't help but watch as she tried it and then take a good look at the expiration date. I asked her and she said it to tasted spoiled. I can take off tasting water but milk that taste sour no way. Ohh and DH did finish it only due to the fact that it cost him $$$ and did not get sick so i don't think it was truly spoiled just bad taste.

 

[RockNRollerGator]

Walter at WDW is enriched with magic. Contrary to popular belief, magic doesn't taste very good.

 

[deej696]

Perhaps its not the water, but rather your taste buds that dont function properly

 

[DVCajun]

Perhaps its not the water, but rather your taste buds that dont function properly

You've clearly never tasted WDW tap water.

 

[iheartaladdin]

I've lived in Orlando my whole life and never had a problem with the taste of the tap water. Maybe I'm just used to it? Or maybe it's just a northern thing

 

[deej696]

You've clearly never tasted WDW tap water.

I gulp down a glass every night before I go to bed, 2 or 3 nights a month for the last 3 years. But as the previous poster said, I've lived here my whole life, so perhaps I'm not the best judge

 

[Sophie_2003]

I gulp down a glass every night before I go to bed, 2 or 3 nights a month for the last 3 years. But as the previous poster said, I've lived here my whole life, so perhaps I'm not the best judge

Trust me, I wish I would like this water. I HATE shelling out $$$ for water!