Why does the water sometimes smell or taste like bleach?
To ensure proper disinfection of the water mains / lines in town we sometimes have to do what is called a burn out. That means that we stop using chloramines and use chlorine for a short time. This can give the water a bleach smell or taste, but it is not harmful in anyway.

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1. Why does the water sometimes smell or taste like bleach?
2. Do we reuse the wastewater and send it back to town?
3. How much water do we treat each day?