[jarodrig]

We’re in our third home since 2005 . Tall Trees, Osceola Hills and now Citrus Grove.

No problem with any smell or funny taste of the tap water . The Mrs does use drinking water from the filter in the fridge and I will drink tap water or fridge water and find no difference with either .

<FOR US> No whole house system of any kind is needed.

[jrref]

Install a Nova whole house water filter.

[Villagesgal]

The water you drink here in the Villages depends on where you live. Up north, excellent water, historic side, City of Lady Lake water, Fruitland Park Villages, Fruitland Park City Water, Wildwood part of the Villages, City of Wildwood water, Leesburg portion of the Villages uses City of Leesburg water. Each municipality treats there water to government standards, but the water itself comes from various sources and places where mineral content is different, therefore the water tastes different. All are chlorinated most have added fluoride. You get a mailed water quality statement every year listing everything in your areas water which is required by the federal government, read it and you'll know exactly what you're drinking.

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

In the past, several friends have mentioned that they noticed an odor and taste to the potable water in The Villages. I've never noticed anything until the last month. I have noticed a peculiar smell near running water and particularly when coffee is brewing. Plus, the taste of coffee seems to match the smell. I had attributed this to either my aging or as a result of a head cold.

Neither my wife nor my son had noticed a difference. Yesterday, we tasted tap water verse bottled water and all selected the bottled water as better.

This morning, I brewed the coffee using bottled spring water and I didn't notice the odor and the coffee tasted much better to my wife and myself.

Partly in jest, I am wondering if this is part of getting old and cantankerous, or is this noticeable to others?

Invest in a water softener and carbon filter. They are worth the money. Water softener extends the life of your dishwasher, washing machine and refrigerator ice and drinking water dispenser. Carbon filter eliminates the taste and smell of your water from the faucet.

[edomit]

I have owned a house in The Villages since 2004. One in Belvedere and one in Pennecamp. In both houses the water changes from ok to too much chlorine or sulfur. The sulfur is hard to drink. Sometimes i can smell sulfur outside when the sprinklers come on.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Water out of the tap is not pleasant. Most folks have some kind of water treatment system or filtration to make the water better. Even many restaurants have trouble brewing a good cup of coffee or tea.

I live in Tierra del Sol South. Delicious water out of the tap, untreated. I think there are variations from place to place here.

[Byte1]

I have a whole house filter that I replace every few months. It's a carbon filter and takes the chlorine smell out of the water. I also have a refrigerator filter and the combination gives me pleasant drinking water. Not as good as the deep well water I had up North, but better than the taste of city water. If you want to see how bad the water is, check out what you filter looks like when it is removed from the whole house filtration system. Mine was covered with a thick layer of BROWN that coated my hand when it was handled. It was almost oily. Terrible water here and hard to believe it is not processed better before being distributed to our homes.

[OhioBuckeye]

Drinking water from the kitchen tap taste like Clorine a bleach taste. I agree drinking water is terrible!

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by walterray1

the replies are all over the map. Tastes fine, tastes horrible. This filter system or another. Best to do your own research and make a decision. At best get opinions and then make the best call for you. One can go crazy since everyone has an opinion.

thx for your reply, you are correct. i noticed the water quality became worse when the construction near 301 went into full swing, & those hard rains before Ian came. 1 day i turned on the tap & could swear i smelled sewage. i'd looked into several brands for a few months, & it was between Pegasus or Culligan. the deciding factor was Peg has a location right here in wildwood, but Culligan's closest location i could tell was in Ocala.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by Pondboy

Yes, getting older and a head cold will effect your taste buds. Filtered Water bought retail will probably always taste better than what you get from the tap, especially in Florida.

We invest in good quality water filters for the fridge vs a expensive whole house filter system. Not sure why I need to filter every drop of of water coming into the house.

Help save the planet for future generations, don’t buy single use plastic water bottles.

after awhile it was making my hair & skin very dry & dull. it makes a big difference if that sort of thing bothers you

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

In the past, several friends have mentioned that they noticed an odor and taste to the potable water in The Villages. I've never noticed anything until the last month. I have noticed a peculiar smell near running water and particularly when coffee is brewing. Plus, the taste of coffee seems to match the smell. I had attributed this to either my aging or as a result of a head cold.

Neither my wife nor my son had noticed a difference. Yesterday, we tasted tap water verse bottled water and all selected the bottled water as better.

This morning, I brewed the coffee using bottled spring water and I didn't notice the odor and the coffee tasted much better to my wife and myself.

Partly in jest, I am wondering if this is part of getting old and cantankerous, or is this noticeable to others?

Our water had a horrible odor and taste when we moved here. Anytime we made coffee, tea, boiled pasta it wasn't good. We bought a water filtration system. No more bad taste or smell.

[Chitown]

Just about every morning when I first wake up and turn the water on no matter what Fossett the water is coming out of it has A bad odor smell and a strong odor of sulfur. And then this morning for the first time when I tasted the water it tasted like heavy minerals such as zinc magnesium iron and so forth that you would normally smell and taste in well water.

[RICH1]

I see the results of excessive chlorine water treatment, as I navigate thru the Roundabouts…at our age , it’s to late for a water filter!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Water out of the tap is not pleasant. Most folks have some kind of water treatment system or filtration to make the water better. Even many restaurants have trouble brewing a good cup of coffee or tea.

Agree, tap water is nasty. That being said, we are totally spoiled by the water at our home up north. Nothing like having you own private 350 foot deep well that pumps out 10 gallons per minute of delicious crystal clear untreated water. I ran the numbers and determined it’s most economical for us to use gallon jugs of drinking water from Publix at the Villages rather than paying for the cost of a whole house water treatment filtration system and replace the filters annually. Someday if we are full time I might spring for the system.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Villagesgal

The water you drink here in the Villages depends on where you live. Up north, excellent water, historic side, City of Lady Lake water, Fruitland Park Villages, Fruitland Park City Water, Wildwood part of the Villages, City of Wildwood water, Leesburg portion of the Villages uses City of Leesburg water. Each municipality treats there water to government standards, but the water itself comes from various sources and places where mineral content is different, therefore the water tastes different. All are chlorinated most have added fluoride. You get a mailed water quality statement every year listing everything in your areas water which is required by the federal government, read it and you'll know exactly what you're drinking.

My only concern is if our water in The Villages has added Fluoride. On another TOTV thread it was stated that our water here in The Villages does not have Fluoride. Which is it? Yes or no Fluoride?