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My water tastes funny or smells unusual – what should I do?

Suddenly found that your water tastes funny or smells distinctly unusual? Don’t delay in calling our emergency phone line and one of our Water Quality Advisors will call you back to support with the issue, usually within 24 hours.

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What do we do to maintain water quality?

As well as making sure water is wholesome, water companies also have to consider if drinking water is acceptable to consumers in terms of its appearance, taste and smell to meet the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations.

Your water goes through a complex treatment process before it reaches your taps. We also regularly take samples of drinking water at our water supply works, service reservoirs and customer taps.

We analyse hundreds of thousands of samples each year to comply with the water quality standards. If any of our works may affect quality, for example repairing a burst supply pipe, we'll always carry out checks to make sure the water hasn't been affected.

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