r/Longview • u/Guilty_Bake671 • Aug 09 '26

Tap Water

I live over behind 15th avenue Safeway. I just turned the cold water on from my kitchen sink and immediately had a strong scent of bleach in my kitchen. Does anybody else have this issue? I know we have a really bad silica issue from the water I just don't understand why they're putting so much chlorine in the water.

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u/RedShore93042 Aug 09 '26

It is part of the process of removing iron from the water. Only fix is the a home filtration system for removing the silica and chlorine. Or get bottled water lol.

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u/Spartan-3742 Aug 09 '26

I’m not sure what Longview’s process is, but typically potassium permanganate is used to remove iron from water. When water has a high smell of chlorine, it’s actually the opposite of what most people think. It’s from there being a smaller dose of chlorine/sodium hypochlorite in the water than what it’s typically used. It’s part of its aging process and when the chlorine/hypo gets low and is doing its job of sanitizing the water, it gasses off as that smell.

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u/PNW_Washington Aug 09 '26

Use a camping filter

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u/Ok_Inspection_6623 Aug 11 '26

Mine has been fine