Have you ever been disturbed by a strange smell from your drinking water? It is not an uncommon situation, and in most cases, it is not really due to something that will be harmful to your health. One of the most common smells is that of chlorine. Municipal water systems regularly add chlorine to the water supply to keep down bacteria growth and similar issues, and while large amounts of chlorine is harmful to ingest, the level that you find in your drinking water is not high enough for concern. If you do want to remove it, an activated coal filter can take care of that.
If you are on a municipal water system, you can obtain reports that will let you know the levels of different chemicals and pollutants in the system, and what the possible side effects can be. Usually, you will not find anything that is high enough to be harmful, but if that would be the case, there would be a warning sent out to homes that the water shouldn’t be ingested due to a temporary problem.
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