# What's in your water? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-water/651051 "2013-02-22T04:21:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-water/651051/1 "2013-02-22T04:21:46Z")
> **[Body found in L.A. hotel cistern](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130221_Body_found_in_L_A__hotel_cistern.html)** > > LOS ANGELES - British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said that water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days. > [@](#): > > LOS ANGELES - British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, but they could not have imagined the disturbing reason. > > The body of a Canadian woman was later discovered at the bottom of one of four cisterns on the roof of the historic hotel near Skid Row. The tanks provide water for hotel taps and would have been used by guests for washing and drinking. > > “The moment we found out, we felt a bit sick to the stomach, quite literally,” Baugh said. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-water/651051/2 "2013-02-22T04:31:01Z")
Reported as a duplicate thread – “Has your water been tasting funny lately?” was here first.