Dear Diary: My Email Was Answered Today Regarding The Strong Chlorine In My Tap Water Supply

Last June 23rd I emailed the general manager of our tap water supply because I wanted to complain about the unusual strong concentration of chlorine which is really smelly and I can taste it when I clean my mouth. It just makes you gag when you put the water in your mouth.

It is not really good so my parents decided to use the purified water that we are buying separate as our source of drinking water for washing our rice and for cooking basically and for the water for boiling to be used for coffee.

Now we will be consuming that purified water faster because of our cooking and rice washing needs.

Not a good news until they had taken an action about my complaint. But I am just looking forward that it will get a resolution soon. Apparently our water supply is not originating now from our local water district but from other source so that is the situation.

Here is the complete letter of response down below;

Dear Mr. Martin:

Good day!

First of all, we apologize for the service inconvenience we caused you.

Regarding your concern on strong concentration of chlorine, please be informed that based on the report being monitored by this office, the chlorine residual from the pipeline in your area is at 0.60ppm on the average. It is within the parameters of 0.3 - 1.5 ppm set by the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water (PNSDW). This means that if chlorine residual from the tap of the consumer is within the said parameter, the water is safe from any contaminants and it is safe to drink. Nevertheless, rest assured that this office will coordinate your concern with our Bulacan bulk water supplier for a possible little reduction of concentration.

Please be informed also that since June 19, 2019, the supply of water to Metro San Marcos (including Balite) is already source from the Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project (BBWSP). It was energized on June 18, 2019 @ around 3:00 pm.

Thank you and God bless!

GM Ronnie.

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Now is just the waiting time for them to take action because the water I think is for swimming pool quality and not for drinking purposes so I just have to email them we do not want our intestines get bleached by the chlorine, no wonder the coffee tastes yuck lately.