What the fuck is in the water? And the smell in the air? Anyone else notice?
-QueentofHearts
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.

Be the first to know about breaking news, articles, and updates.
The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Home of the Best of Halifax Reader's Choice Awards, the award-winning independent newspaper covers the Halifax news, politics, events, concerts, movies, restaurants, and nightlife scene.
What the fuck is in the water? And the smell in the air? Anyone else notice?
-QueentofHearts
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2009.
14 Comments
If you are referring to the pool water that comes out of the tap the answer is chlorine.
Sorry… I farted.
If you mean the harbour, it’s shit. And to think we have a multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant.
mmmm its awful!
Warm fall weather and runoff + tannins from leaves = increased chlorine put into the system and smells, if you mean your tap water.
Ebola!
It’s called shit in the harbour…get a clue
i was referring to my tap water…i know all about the harbour…i work downtown…i get the harbour…you would have to have your nose cut off not to get the harbour
I blame the homeless for the smell, and for the bad water.
I don’t drink water…
I only drink the tears of orphaned baby bunnies.
God I am so bored!!!
It’s still safer than bottled water!
Halifax city tap water actually is considered one of the best quality municipal water in North America. It is definately safer than bottled water(don’t get me started)!!
I was ‘fortumate’ enough to be in Hellifax on Friday.
When a friend turned their tap on,the water smelled like sewage !
You people drink & bathe in this crap ?
If my well water smelled like this, the first thing i would be doing is dumping javex into it ! Second, I would be having it tested in Truro & getting a hold of the local water treatment people & finding out what the hell I would have to do , to solve this problem. Are you sure they haven’t diverted the sewage treatment water into the ‘fresh’ water supply ?
i emailed the water commission and they said that it is like that sometimes. And that it loses its smell over night…thats not very comforting really.