Boiling removes plain chlorine from tap water, but it doesn’t remove chloramine. Chloramine is a chlorine and ammonia blend that some utilities, including Jefferson City’s, add because it lasts longer in the pipes between the plant and your tap. If chloramine is...
Every filter on the shelf promises better water. Very few say a word about fluoride. If you’ve decided you want it out of your drinking water, the next question is which option does the job. Reverse osmosis does. It removes most of the fluoride in tap water. Below, we...
Your water was fine yesterday, and today it tastes like you dunked the glass straight in the yard. That’s one way this shows up, usually on city water, and it tends to clear up almost as fast as it started. The other way is slower: a well water household that’s...
Your tap water tastes like a swimming pool, or maybe it’s your coffee that’s suddenly a little off. Either way, you want one thing: to figure out how to remove chlorine from tap water without a lot of guesswork. It’s one of the most common complaints...
You turn on the tap, fill a glass, and get hit with that swimming pool smell. It might show up in your coffee, your ice, or the shower, smelling a little too much like bleach for comfort. If your water smells like chlorine, you’re not imagining it. It’s a...
Ever take a sip of water and get a taste like pennies, an old toolbox, or something straight out of a pipe? We hear about that a lot around here. That metallic taste is hard to shake once you notice it, and it’s got you wondering what’s actually going on....
