r/gso • u/19pollywogs • 24d ago
Question Does anyone else think city water has developed a weird taste?
My city house water and water from the downtown YMCA tastes like the smell of mold. This started a few days ago. Has anyone else noticed that their city water has an off taste recently?
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u/springsilver 24d ago
Call 336-373-CITY (2489) to let the City Services people know so they can look into it. They may have an issue they don’t know about in the treatment process.
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u/leonman24 24d ago
Yes, out towards Whitsett but on Greensboro water. Tastes like lake water, I've read on other threads that it's because the water level has been so low. Hopefully the recent rain helps
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u/19pollywogs 24d ago
That’s interesting and a plausible explanation. If the smell/taste goes away after getting this recent rainfall, then it’s possible that that was the cause
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u/specialagent714 24d ago
Mine is moldy tasting too!!! I thought I needed a new filter on my fridge!!!! But it was moldy from the tap too !!!!!!
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u/sugar_re_life 14d ago
Same! I’ve asked my husband a couple times if the refrigerator water filter needs changing. I just called the city and reported mine and they said they will have a lab come out and test it.
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u/First_Pen_2037 24d ago
Same!!! We had a noticed a change in our water off of battleground a couple of weeks ago! I’m glad I’m not crazy but sad everyone else is having issues
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u/Some_Suspect_3270 24d ago edited 22d ago
There is a definite moldy taste/smell I’ve noticed at my work downtown. I just attributed it to old lines. I don’t have the same taste/smell at home (Lindley park)
EDIT: definitely tastes like mold in Lindley park now
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u/McLeansvilleAppFan 24d ago
Call the city and ask tell them and ask them to flush the system. The city has a helpline you can call for anything that is easy to find but I do not have it memorized.
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u/springsilver 24d ago
336-373-CITY
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u/McLeansvilleAppFan 24d ago
I looked it up the other day but did not have time as I was needing to get to the Amtrak station. I remember the area code and the CITY part and never remember the 373 part.
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u/sunsetlex 24d ago
i haven’t noticed anything. i live by deep roots.
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u/dareftw 24d ago
Same but I also live by deep roots but not in those apartments a couple blocks down Eugene in Fischer park. But haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary.
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u/19pollywogs 24d ago
I’m on North Eugene in FP too (I’m the person who asked the question). At first I thought maybe something was funky with my house waterlines but then I noticed the same smell in the drinking fountain water at the Bryan YMCA
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u/dareftw 24d ago
Huh, I haven’t noticed anything. But I’ll be honest I mainly drink wine when I get home so it’s not outside of the realm that I hadn’t noticed it. Also since my fridge has a filter and that’s my source of drinking water it could just go unnoticed.
Wonder what the odds of running into multiple people on Reddit who are on the same 3/4 block long stretch of street.
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u/atwoodwasright 24d ago
Yes! Just drank a glass with my grandmother at Friends Homes and another near downtown. Both tasted moldy. So glad im not crazy!
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u/Independent-Nose-261 24d ago
I was at my sister’s place today and had a bottle of her water then needed more and went to get it from the fridge door (new 8/2026) and she said bottle is better and she will not drink it. My stomach decided to unload and that never happens 2x in 2 hours. Now I am wondering if it was Greensboro h2o. Great 😌
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u/lameusernamesrock 23d ago
Switch from chlorine to Chloramines happens every now and then. Prob that
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u/19pollywogs 23d ago
In the past, we’ve gotten a notification from the city when they made that kind of change because they know it affects people who have fish tanks, for example. So I don’t think it’s due to that, but I’m going to call tomorrow.
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u/Correct_Truth5007 24d ago
I haven't noticed anything. I drink tap water, but I filter it through a Brita first.
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u/19pollywogs 24d ago
I can smell the moldy smell. I have a pitcher filter too and that removes the smell/taste
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u/Prestigious_Part1350 23d ago
Stayed in 2 different hotels and the water tastes like mold!!! Had to turn to Reddit to see what’s going on with the tap water here. Couldn’t even refill my water bottle in the lobby water fountain it tasted so bad. Got water at a restaurant and couldn’t drink it 😂
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u/Lost-Definition8118 18d ago
Don’t drink the City Water it’s been contaminated for decades! Cone Mills use to dump blue dye in the water that flows to Buffalo Creek! You can smell it on Hot days just ride over to the North East Side of Greensboro!! Smells like death!!
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u/Competitive-Fill2987 17d ago
Got a free water test from Jason at Johns plumbing.
Got a whole house filter and now I can smell it when I need to update it, or when the water filter is getting old! Have officially become a water snob
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u/20thstreetbridge 24d ago
I've been in Greensboro for 3 years. I live on spring garden. It stated like shit the whole time to me.
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u/LizzieSaysHi 24d ago
It's always tasted like crap to me :( I used to live in Winston and it was palatable. But Greensboro water is...wow
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u/Funny_Box_4142 24d ago
I'm downtown and it's always been off to me. Since moving to Greensboro I've religiously been using a filter...
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u/TheMagnificent7-11 21d ago
I thought that months ago and it eventually went away but im still worried about it
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u/CafeConCajeta 24d ago
Yes! That's the exact smell we're getting from the tap water! It started a couple of weeks ago for us