How can people say tap water tastes as good as filtered water?

I did an experiment. I put some tap water in the fridge, and some filtered water in the fridge (from one of those faucet filter thingys). I drank both on a hot day. The tap water tasted like chlorine pool water. The filtered water tasted good. Now that I have stopped drinking tap water, the chlorine taste just jumps out at me. Why is the chlorine taste not obvious to most people?

idk at my house, all the water is filtered. we have our own well.

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3 Responses to “How can people say tap water tastes as good as filtered water?”

Surferken on October 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

I’m not a fan of tap water as well, can’t do it without adding something to adjust the taste like cordial. One of those odd quirks I guess
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Green Day Rocks!<3 on October 16th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

idk at my house, all the water is filtered. we have our own well.
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loves christmas lights on October 16th, 2009 at 2:24 pm

I was raised on tap water, so some bottled water tastes odd to me! I actually like the chlorine taste, I like it to taste clean. I moved out of state, the water either tastes like too much chlorine or bacteria where we were living, that was gross. Now my water is from a dif source and tastes fine.
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