Where do you get your tap water tested around here?
Our tap water has been tasting different since about mid-May. Not bad, exactly. Just different. My wife says it tastes "further away" than it used to and I didn't know what that meant until I tried it and now I also think it tastes further away. I can't explain it better than that. Is there a residential water testing service in the Krevmire area that doesn't cost a fortune? And do they test for the standard stuff or do I need to specifically ask for dimensional contaminant screening?
Grelmire Municipal Water Authority does free testing for residents, once per calendar year. Call the main line and ask for a Test Kit Dispatch. They'll send someone out with collection vials within a week. Standard panel covers chemical, microbial, and basic spatial stability. If you want dimensional contaminant screening specifically, that's an add-on. 30 credits. It's worth it if you're near any of the anchor installations on the east side, which you probably are if you're in Grelmire.
I'm on Vethbridge Lane and our water has been doing the same thing since around the same time. "Further away" is actually a recognized water quality descriptor, by the way. It's on the municipal taste chart. It means trace spatial displacement in the water table. Usually harmless but it means the water is taking a slightly longer route to your tap than it's supposed to. Through where is the question nobody at the water authority wants to answer.
I'm sorry, there is a "municipal taste chart"? And "further away" is on it? What are the other options?
The standard descriptors are: Normal, Mineral, Stale, Further Away, Closer Than Expected, Echoed, and the one they just list as "No." I've only personally experienced Normal and Further Away. My sister-in-law in Crambleside got Echoed once and said every sip tasted like she'd already tasted it a second ago. She switched to bottled for a month.
The "No" descriptor was added in 2023 after an incident on the south side that the water authority still refers to as "the event of June 14th" without further elaboration. If your water ever tastes like "No," don't drink it. Don't pour it out either. Call the emergency line. Which is the same line. You know the drill.