Swiss Tap Water - Page 12

Wollishofener · #**221** 06.12.2009, 16:51

	Quote:	wendi283
	I think there is a tint of something in the tap water in zurich. I am not exactly sure what it is...salt?? I am used to the cold tap water in iceland, and honestly, nothing is comparable to it. The hot tap water in IS is a whole different story though..

the "something" simply is limestone. It in Zurich would be far worse without the 50% from the lake

Wollishofener · #**222** 06.12.2009, 16:59

	Quote:	Dougal's Breakfast
	I gave up on Brita filters and now simply pour the boiling water through a tea strainer, which catches all the crunchy bits. It's lo-tech, but devilishly effective.

Effective on the "GoldCoast" and in the Canton-of-Congo, where the stones around are Granite, but insufficient on the "West-Coast" or around Züri-Nord where the stones are limestone everywhere. And where as in Glattbrugg, tap-water tends to be diluted limestone or in German "Kalk-Light" !

Wollishofener · #**223** 06.12.2009, 17:11

	Quote:	Nelly_Da_Hefferlump
	I'm listening........ (I'm quite handy with a hammer and duct tape. ) Do these things actaully work though? Anybody have any experience with one? Anybody else in the Thalwil area have the same problem?

Thalwil ? .... is between Lachen and Zürich, and so it is right on the Western "Moräne" resulting from this here

meaning that the so called "Zimmerberg" is at least 70% limestone !

THIS here below

shows how Thalwil looked like !