# Why does water from a garden hose always seem to taste good?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 3, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924 "2005-07-03T17:18:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924/21 "2005-07-04T11:17:38Z")

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> [@levdrakon](#):
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> _\<snip\>_ Then, he unsrewed this filter-type thing from the end of the hose and sure enough, there were some grub-like things living in there.

Oh gross! I will never drink from the hose again!!

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924/22 "2005-07-04T11:35:09Z")

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> [@Pythian Habenero](#):
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> I don’t drink from garden hoses.  
> However, I’ve found that cold water from a bathroom sink is always nice and tasty. Not so that from the kitchen faucet. Can anyone explain this one?

Ya’ know, with the direction this thread is going, I’m starting to understand why my dog likes to drink from the toilet bowl. (Espescialy when he knows he’s got a fresh bowl of water in his doggy bowl. :rolleyes: )

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924/23 "2005-07-04T14:12:49Z")

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Water from a garden hose contains the psychotropic secret ingredient Compound W-7™

(Wait a minute… If it’s secret, how did it get trademarked?)

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Mahma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Joe\_Mahma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Mahma)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924/24 "2005-07-04T14:42:32Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> \*\*  
> WARNING, THIS SITE CONTAINS POP-UPS THAT PREVAIL DESPITE FIREFOX.\*\* :mad:

But they don’t show up with Mozilla.

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**Author:** ![whatsittoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@whatsittoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatsittoya)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-from-a-garden-hose-always-seem-to-taste-good/310924/25 "2005-07-04T19:52:16Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> \*\*  
> WARNING, THIS SITE CONTAINS POP-UPS THAT PREVAIL DESPITE FIREFOX.\*\* :mad:

Off topic bragging: Opera at the default settings and no popups here 😃

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