Comments on: Town Gets Fluoridation Award Amid Rising Health Concerns

By: Ron Eheman

Ron Eheman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:20:16 +0000

FLUORIDEGATE is a new documentary that reveals the tragedy of how government, industry and trade associations protect and promote a policy known to cause harm to our country and especially to small children who suffer more than any other segment of the population. While their motivation remains uncertain, the outcome is crystal clear: it is destroying our nation!
http://www.fluoridegate.org/

By: David Gay

David Gay — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:58:11 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the helpful suggestions! I love how the WAVE gives me the opportunity to discuss issues from all sides. I don’t think it is bashing anyone. In fact, I learned a lot about how to fix the water smell problem. Thank you neighbors!

By: Sharon Lang

Sharon Lang — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:44:07 +0000

We too have experienced the sulfur smell in the hot water at our part-time Cape Charles home. We find that draining the hot water tank and then running the hot water taps for about 10 minutes, at the start of our visits, seems to solve the problem.

By: Geneva Smith

Geneva Smith — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:01:01 +0000

I have been in Cape Charles since the 1980’s and the water has always been undrinkable. Why can’t the town provide its citizens with drinkable water?

By: Daniel Burke

Daniel Burke — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:10:32 +0000

The rotten egg smell comes from bacteria in the water (hydrogen/oxygen) combining with the aluminum/magnesium sacrificial anode (protects your heating elements from corrosion) to produce hydrogen sulphide gas. It’s not really a water quality issue as all water contains trace amounts of bacteria. This is common in part time homes where the water sits in the tank for a long time. My guess is fulltime residents don’t experience this (we don’t). I did smell it in some houses we looked at when we bought our house. Some plumbers offer all kinds of ‘fixes’ for this. They have one thing in common; they don’t usually work. The simplest thing is to add a pint or two of hydrogen peroxide to your tank. Note! your tank is under pressure so don’t try this if you don’t know what you are doing. Any plumber could do this in 30 minutes.

By: Kathleen Mullen

Kathleen Mullen — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:06:44 +0000

Thanks WAVE for giving your readers the full scope of the pro’s and con’s of fluoridation. I for one use a Berkey water filter for my home and don’t even consider drinking well water or for that matter Cape Charles city water. There are too many potential contaminants and my health is worth too much to me. I highly recommend the table top Berkey water filters. The filters clean 6000 gallons of drinking water before needing to be replaced and can filter well, rain or pond water (a real plus when electricity goes out and no pump for the well). You can find more info on the dangers of fluoridation and on how the Berkey water filters work on the Internet. Please be an informed citizen. It helps all of us.

By: Dan Breeze

Dan Breeze — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:17:03 +0000

Well that didn’t take long. Something positive to report and people just tear it down. Such is life in the sprawling metropolis of Cape Charles. I think it is great the water works staff is doing such a fine job.
By the way, people here have been dealing with the smell of their hot water for ever, talk to a plumber who will remove the electrolysis rod from the water heater and the smell should go away.

By: David Gay

David Gay — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:33:01 +0000

Why does the water stink in Cape Charles? I had an old water heater that had a bad heating element. The hot water from that heater smelled like rotten eggs. I replaced the heater with a brand new one and within 2 months the rotten egg smell came back in the hot water. I have talked to several other folks who live in Cape Charles and they said they have the same problem. Is this a wide spread problem in Cape Charles?

By: Deborah Bender

Deborah Bender — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:43:17 +0000

All I can say about the water in Cape Charles is that any water that goes into our food goes through a water filter first AND my dog gets very sick and vomits if he drinks the water. When I fill my washing machine using cold water it smells like bleach….UGH

We pay around $100.00 per month for water that we can’t even drink…….

Oh and when we wash our cars they have to be dried or they have white spots all over them.

I moved to Cape Charles from Onancock and they also have town water. Maybe Cape Charles should take a few lessons from Onancock because their water tastes fine, doesn’t smell and doesn’t leave white spots on the cars.

Just sayin…….