Grand Forks Water

[JaceTheAce]

Has anyone else noticed how fowl smelling and tasting the tap water is here lately? It used to be pretty good but now I can't even use it to rinse my mouth out after brushing my teeth.

It has this raw sewage (not even kidding) smell mixed with a huge amount of chlorine. When I turn on the shower I get a huge whiff of it too.

My roommate works for Starbuck's and he says that the water there is bad too AND that all his co-workers have complained about it at their homes. I think I'm gonna call the city on Monday because I think something's seriously wrong with the water. Four years ago I read that the city had an issue with high amounts of #### in the water (no joke)...not surprised if this is another occurance. This is wonderful.

[ZUKO]

Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

Has anyone else noticed how fowl smelling and tasting the tap water is here lately? It used to be pretty good but now I can't even use it to rinse my mouth out after brushing my teeth.

It has this raw sewage (not even kidding) smell mixed with a huge amount of chlorine. When I turn on the shower I get a huge whiff of it too.

My roommate works for Starbuck's and he says that the water there is bad too AND that all his co-workers have complained about it at their homes. I think I'm gonna call the city on Monday because I think something's seriously wrong with the water. Four years ago I read that the city had an issue with high amounts of #### in the water (no joke)...not surprised if this is another occurance. This is wonderful.

I would not be surprised at all if something is up with it. I am fairly certain it was much better about a week ago. I drink a lot of water and would usually drink the tap. It has been much much worse the last couple days then usual.

My girlfriend came in to visit from Seattle this weekend and she was extremely disgusted when she first drank the water.

How about some North Dakotan water to wash down that great old North Dakotan food?

[MrLeisure757]

I walked by the "ENGLISH Coulée" this evening and it smelt horrible.

Honestly though, I use a Brita water filter for my water (brush teeth, rinse things out, etc..) I only drink bottled water here. We have a well back home, I suddenly miss that...

[ORDFlyer85]

Yea, actually every early spring the water tastes like garbage. People say its from all the snowmelt running into the river... but yeah its been pretty bad lately ... i am wouldn't be surprised ... it is the dirty RED RIVER ...

[oktex88]

My roommate tells me the same about the water. However I don't know because the first day I had grand forks tap water.. I never had it agian and only drink bottled water or water filtered throgh my brita pitcher

[mikecweb]

You guys have running water up there?

[UAL747400]

I can't believe we get our water from that "river". To me it doesn't seem to have enough volume to dillute all the sediments and such. So much, that I don't see how a treatment plant would be able to clean large volumes of it. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm used to living on the biggest river in the country.

As far as the taste and smell, I'm pretty sure it's their doing. Whenever a HUGE flood is predicted in my home town, they add more chlorine to the water. I'm sure that's what's going on here, but I could be wrong. I've never tasted or smelled tap water this bad before. I suck it up like a man and drink it though! haha Just go buy some GNC whey protein. You can't even tell the water is bad with a good ol' protein drink.

[Screaming_Emu]

on a good day the grand forks water tastes like you're drinking out of a garden hose. I don't miss it at all.

[Dugie8]

Is it a "sulfury" smell? If so it is from the treatment plant trying to keep up with all the run off downstream (south) from all the rapidly melting snow. Every year about this time it happens, taste like crap!

[Bignellyxx]

And the real reason as to why UND drinks so much beer comes out

[TXaviator]

Originally Posted by Bignellyxx

And the real reason as to why UND drinks so much beer comes out

no we drink a ####load because living here sucks.

[Screaming_Emu]

Originally Posted by Bignellyxx

And the real reason as to why UND drinks so much beer comes out

Yeah, I tried showering in it too, but watching that much beer disapear down the drain was depressing.

[excessthrust]

Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

Has anyone else noticed how fowl smelling and tasting the tap water is here lately?

Tastes like chicken? Or is it a more foul smell?

I couldn't resist that one. Must be a California dialect.

[BuickCFI]

first day in GFK i tried the tap water, aug '01, haven't drank it since. i only drank bottled in the dorms and in my apartment in EGF we have a water filter because the water here is just crap.

[JaceTheAce]

Originally Posted by excessthrust

Tastes like chicken? Or is it a more foul smell?

I couldn't resist that one. Must be a California dialect.

LOL! You got me on that one

fowl (foul)
n., pl. fowl or fowls.

1. Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus).
2. 1. A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.
   2. The flesh of such birds used as food.
3. A bird of any kind.

foul (foul)
adj., foul·er, foul·est.

1. Offensive to the senses; revolting.
2. Having an offensive odor; smelly.
3. Rotten or putrid: foul meat.
4. 1. Full of dirt or mud; dirty. See synonyms at dirty.
   2. Full of impurities; polluted: foul air.

[RyosukeFC]

I usually just drink tap water but it's become too fowl/foul even for me. I broke down today and bought 1 gallon of target's finest generic purified water.

I was wondering what that chlorine smell was in the shower too... i just assumed my roommate washed something in there or who knows... lol

It should start to smell pretty gross out at the airport soon if it hasn't already - when lagoon starts to thaw... eww

[UAL747400]

Originally Posted by RyosukeFC

I usually just drink tap water but it's become too fowl/foul even for me. I broke down today and bought 1 gallon of target's finest generic purified water.

I was wondering what that chlorine smell was in the shower too... i just assumed my roommate washed something in there or who knows... lol

It should start to smell pretty gross out at the airport soon if it hasn't already - when lagoon starts to thaw... eww

God, don't remind me. It's even worse on a hot day in the summer. You'll actually smell it up at traffic pattern in the summer. Oh just what I want. I'm already getting kinda sick from the heat and mild dehydration, and then that smell hits me. It's never a sick sick, just an uncomfortable sick. Except for my stage 102, I had to incomplete it it was so friggen hot. 102 on the ground, probably 115-120 in the plane I'm guessing.

[BuickCFI]

Originally Posted by UAL747400

God, don't remind me. It's even worse on a hot day in the summer. You'll actually smell it up at traffic pattern in the summer. Oh just what I want. I'm already getting kinda sick from the heat and mild dehydration, and then that smell hits me. It's never a sick sick, just an uncomfortable sick. Except for my stage 102, I had to incomplete it it was so friggen hot. 102 on the ground, probably 115-120 in the plane I'm guessing.

i have had instructors who wanted to jump out of the plane and into the lagoons. i was like "nope, not for me!"

[UAL747400]

Originally Posted by BuickCFI

i have had instructors who wanted to jump out of the plane and into the lagoons. i was like "nope, not for me!"

What, to cool themselves off? Don't they know that that is seriously 99.9% poop and .1% "other"? haha

[BuickCFI]

Originally Posted by UAL747400

What, to cool themselves off? Don't they know that that is seriously 99.9% poop and .1% "other"? haha

yes and yes

[Kristie]

I can't believe we get our water from that "river". To me it doesn't seem to have enough volume to dillute all the sediments and such. So much, that I don't see how a treatment plant would be able to clean large volumes of it. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm used to living on the biggest river in the country.

they can because they bring in large amounts of "recycled water" or "already treated but not yet permitted for drinking" water to mix with it and clean it up even more than the river does. believe it or not, getting your water from a river is the best method of obtaining water because it is constantly flowing and moving the sediment around (cleaning it) until it settles to the bottom. the only problem is with the snowmelt as the plant workers never know what's going to come into the river ON the melt itself...

Originally Posted by Dugie8

Is it a "sulfury" smell? If so it is from the treatment plant trying to keep up with all the run off downstream (south) from all the rapidly melting snow. Every year about this time it happens, taste like crap!

exactly!! every year, when the snow melts, the treatment plants have to do more checks and see what it will take to bring the water quality back down to normal standards.. it takes some fudging and that's what the change is all about. it won't be too long before it's back to being regular old tap water, but the more chlorine they put in right now, the better for your system.

[Kristie]

Originally Posted by BuickCFI

i have had instructors who wanted to jump out of the plane and into the lagoons. i was like "nope, not for me!"

uh yea.. you never want to do that, it's a guaranteed suicide.

btw, for the next 3 or 4 weeks, i'd suggest drinking bottled water.

[JaceTheAce]

About the water from our wonderful lovely large 2 page newspaper "The Grand Forks Herald":

http://www.grandforksherald.com/arti...x.cfm?id=32334

Since they're stupid and require a login and password so they can sell your personal information and send you spam:

Username: grandforkssucks@dodgeit.com
Password: ihatepasswords

In other words, tasting #### water is normal for Grand Forks residents.

[AngelFuree]

Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

About the water from our wonderful lovely large 2 page newspaper "The Grand Forks Herald":

http://www.grandforksherald.com/arti...x.cfm?id=32334

Since they're stupid and require a login and password so they can sell your personal information and send you spam:

Username: grandforkssucks@dodgeit.com
Password: ihatepasswords

In other words, tasting #### water is normal for Grand Forks residents.

[off topic] Your avatar is what my future apt/home will look like. [/ot]

[JaceTheAce]

Originally Posted by AngelFuree

[off topic] Your avatar is what my future apt/home will look like. [/ot]

Mine too Modern, simple, functional.