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Article: Sensory analysis detects changes in drinking water quality.
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- Science Letter
- Article date:
- June 23, 2003
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2003 JUN 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Consumers may be their own best protection when it comes to evaluating and safeguarding drinking water. And they have at least 33 flavors to choose between so far.
"Wet paper," "crushed grass," "peaty," and "plastic" are among the identified flavors, and the most common taste and odor is perhaps "swimming pool," as a result of the chlorine used to disinfect drinking water.
An international group of researchers defined these flavors in a project coordinated by the American Water Works Association and Research Foundation (AwwaRF) several years ago. Today, AwwaRF is taking this knowledge a step further. It is ...