Why is Florida tap water so gross???

[kandb]

We live up north and our tap water is pretty good. When we go down to Florida the water taste horrendous. I remember people saying it is sulfur water, whatever that means. Are you Floridians used to the Florida tap water or do you think it's gross also??? Thankfully we have a rental car and will pick up two cases of bottled water before we get to WDW.

 

[worm761]

I live in Northwest Florida and the water is gross here too. I drink filtered or bottled water. I won't drink from a water fountain or the tap.

Sulfur water- sulfur in the ground where the water is gotten. It seeps into the water making the water taste like sulfur. Sulfur also smells very bad.

 

[andyman8]

Our's, down in West Palm Beach, actually tastes fine.

On the other hand, the water at work tastes like Crayola Crayon (not like I would know or anything...).

 

[BlovesC]

Sulfur water- sulfur in the ground where the water is gotten. It seeps into the water making the water taste like sulfur. Sulfur also smells very bad.

Yup. The worst is driving past a nursery while they have all the sprinklers on, watering the plants. It smells like a field of very heavily used portapotties, NOT a field of beautiful flowering trees!

I drank a TON of tap water back home in NJ, but here in FL I only drink water through our fridge's filtered dispenser.

 

[larryz]

Ironically, back in the 1890's people used to pay extra to drink that "healthful" Florida spa water... how times have changed!

Filter it, or fill a gallon jug with it and let it sit uncovered or refrigerated overnight. The smell goes away.

 

[Art 1]

I drink it all the time. At least half a gallon each day.

 

[CatNipRules]

We lived in South Florida and the water was great. There is lots of limestone in the area and I think it made it better!!

But Orlando water is a bit yucky!! LOL!

 

[ErinsMommy]

Come to NJ sometime. Not only is the water gross but there are things floating in it.

 

[JessiMommy]

We lived in South Florida and the water was great. There is lots of limestone in the area and I think it made it better!!

But Orlando water is a bit yucky!! LOL!

Yes, we live in South Florida and our water tastes GREAT! I prefer our tap water to bottled. Orlando water is just plain nasty!

 

[ttintagel]

There's plenty of sulfur water up north, too! I've had it in three of the places I've lived in New York.

 

[canopynut66]

we order from garden grocer and skip the car trip as cannot drink that water either

 

[Planogirl]

It's funny but we drink the water in Florida and don't think that it tastes bad at all. We have way worse water here and maybe that's why.

 

[Meriweather]

We have great water at our house in WA.............natural aquifer.

The water here in AZ is gross too and often I smell the sulfur in it here too. Don't drink it. We have filtered.

Don't drink it in FL either. I have a Brita filter bottle and we order bottled water from garden grocer too.
Last time we stayed at WL..........it really reeked, the smell was so strong.

 

[Tribe]

So, if the water is bad in Orlando, that would have an effect on much of the food served at WDW restaurants correct? What about about the coffee and tea also? Does the water just not taste very good or is it actually unhealthy too? That would change my opinion of that nice tea hut at AK.

 

[Minerva Mouse]

So, if the water is bad in Orlando, that would have an effect on much of the food served at WDW restaurants correct? What about about the coffee and tea also? Does the water just not taste very good or is it actually unhealthy too? That would change my opinion of that nice tea hut at AK.

I believe on things like drinks and cooking, that Disney uses filtered water. We have filtered water where I work in Orlando and it's delicious, but the tap water on the other hand is like drinking water straight from the pool.

 

[DM4Life3]

Agreed. Orlando water is the worst.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

It just depends on where the community gets its water from. My county has a huge man-made lake that is fed by spring-fed rivers. I think our water is fine and drink it all the time. My parents (same county) have a 450-foot-deep well that goes straight into the aquifer. They have amazing water. However, if you drill a shallow well (30-40 feet for irrigation only), the water has the sulphur smell to it.

I don't know where Orlando and Tampa get their water, but I know that when my brother lived in Orlando and my sister lived in Tampa, I could hardly stand to take a shower, the sulphur smell was so overwhelming. We typically bring bottled water along to WDW and do not drink the tap water there unless it's filtered.

 

[Cafeen]

So, if the water is bad in Orlando, that would have an effect on much of the food served at WDW restaurants correct? What about about the coffee and tea also? Does the water just not taste very good or is it actually unhealthy too? That would change my opinion of that nice tea hut at AK.

The water is perfectly healthy, otherwise they wouldn't be able to serve it.

With that said, there are often microscopic stuff in water (everywhere). If your body isn't used to them, or able to suppress them, they can make you not feel well. Doesn't mean the water is bad, just bad for you individually.

For the tea and food and all that, as mentioned, it's usually filtered. Even the fountain drinks use filtered water (e.g. sodas and the like).

 

[minnie mum]

So, if the water is bad in Orlando, that would have an effect on much of the food served at WDW restaurants correct? What about about the coffee and tea also? Does the water just not taste very good or is it actually unhealthy too? That would change my opinion of that nice tea hut at AK.

As a PP noted, the WDW restaurants use filtered water, so that's not the reason the coffee tastes so bad. If you go off site, you can immediately tell if a restaurant is using unfiltered tap water for their fountain drinks. The taste of their sodas is really bad.

It's not unhealthy (provided the taste doesn't make you hurl), though. It does meet safety standards for drinking water.

 

[reginaastralis]

I only drink filtered water ... but I still think the water has a metallic taste. Maybe I'm weird. I just put a ton of lemon juice in my water to be able to drink it, I pretty much drink lemonade without the sugar