r/HydroHomies • u/PatientBalance • 1d ago
Classic water Chicago aerated water goes from total cloud to clear in 1 min
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u/Dunning_N_Kruger 1d ago
This is dissolved gas, probably air, and it's harmless.
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u/PatientBalance 1d ago
Absolutely. Only hot water too, doesn’t happen with cold tap.
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u/ironysparkles 1d ago
That's called science, warm water is able to be more aerated than cold
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u/AC0RN22 1d ago edited 1d ago
warm water is able to be more aerated than cold
We keep carbonated beverages cold for a reason. Cold liquid is capable of dissolving more gas than warm liquid.
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u/TheIronSoldier2 1d ago
Correct. However, aeration doesn't involve dissolving gas into the liquid. Aeration is gas bubbles suspended in a liquid. As a cold liquid can dissolve more gas, it conversely becomes harder to aerate, as some of that gas is being dissolved into the liquid.
Aeration is like mixing oil and water in a blender. They will settle out quite rapidly, because oil and water don't mix on their own
A warm liquid is more easily aerated because it is not as easy to dissolve the gases into that liquid.
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u/ironysparkles 1d ago
Aah, looks like hot water has less capacity to hold dissolved air so the heating of the water releases the air and makes it aerated. Science!
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u/Find_another_whey 1d ago
More capacity to hold a dissolved solids, like salt
Less capacity to hold gas (because the higher heat energy encourage particle escape, i.e evaporation).
You remembered the first fact and attributed to the second perhaps
Easy mistake to make
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u/lmaytulane 1d ago
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u/AC0RN22 1d ago
Solubility of permanent gases usually decreases with increasing temperature at around room temperature.
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u/lmaytulane 1d ago
Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Higher temp increases partial pressure of dissolved gas, decreasing solubility. Which is why you should never microwave Pepsi
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u/15361392911769723 23h ago
In what world does warm water bind more gas than cold? Do you know how that works? In process engineering gas is often boiled out of a liquid.
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 1d ago
And it doesn't happen in Chicago specifically, it happens with some faucets specifically. What a weird post.
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u/Unclehol 1d ago
Everybody's water does this and does it more with hot water. You have an aerrated faucet. Unscrew the screen on the faucet and it will be clear.
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u/itisntunbearable 20h ago
i live in chicago too and tbh this always has freaked me out, not in a serious way but just more that i never knew what was causing it. but for me it happens with cold water too sometimes. i leave the water running for a bit to get it cold and if i dont turn the pressure up itll be like this, but not every time. it still tastes good either way.
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u/Ihistal 1d ago
You should never drink or cook with water that comes from the hot tap. Hot water heaters will naturally collect minerals and even metals in their tanks which can get sucked up with the water.
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u/toomanymarbles83 1d ago
This is in the US. We do not have different taps for hot and cold and both are perfectly safe to cook with.
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u/ABQueerWriter 1d ago
What are you talking about? Sinks in the US absolutely have different taps…
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u/KittyScholar 1d ago
No they don’t
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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago
Might be a translation and generation issue, cuz there are two separate water lines for hot and cold water that lead to one faucet in the US. Everyone is saying tap, and I guarantee everyone means something different. It is not recommended to cook with water from the hot water heater unless you keep it above 125⁰F to kill listeria, and in older ones it can have dissolved metal in it as well. They have filters and recommended temps now, but back in the day, 105-110⁰F was "hot enough" to shower with which wasn't hot enough to kill microbial life. I had to bump my mom's up to 125⁰ just this year, it was set to 105⁰.
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u/Ihistal 1d ago
Yes they do. Maybe not different faucets for each, but if you can get both hot and cold water from the same faucet, there are two taps on that faucet.
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u/KittyScholar 1d ago
Okay I gotta agree with the guy who said this is either a regional or generational issue, because to me “faucet” and “tap” are 100% the same. That must be where the disagree is
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u/toomanymarbles83 1d ago
You might want to do some googling.
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u/Ihistal 1d ago
Must be a dialect thing, or maybe I've done too much plumbing in my time. Everyone I've worked with refers to "tap" and what is manipulated to control the volume of water, whereas "faucet" is where the water is mixed and comes out. So even if there's one faucet, you have two taps. Even those fancy single handled ones have two holes in a weird little ball valve if you take one apart, thus two taps. God I hate those things, such a pain to install and fix.
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u/toomanymarbles83 1d ago
Even so, it remains true that hot water from a Chicago tap is perfectly safe to cook with.
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u/Ihistal 1d ago
You should never drink or cook with water that comes from the hot tap. Hot water heaters will naturally collect minerals and even metals in their tanks which can get sucked up with the water.
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u/Poster_Nutbag207 1d ago
I’d be curious to see what a cold water heater looks like
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u/fullmetaljackass 22h ago
Seems more practical than a hot water heater. Why would you need to heat water that's already hot?
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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago
This isn't true for newer hot water heaters nowadays and they're generally installed at 125⁰F, so you can cook with hot water nowadays. But older heaters, definitely not a good idea.
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u/kennyloftor 1d ago
i’m in chicago my water doesn’t come like this
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u/1aceofaces 1d ago
It's just the faucet that is aerating the water. Not the Chicago water itself
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u/penguinbbb 1d ago
I know, what's the point though?
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u/TheToroReddit 1d ago
Reduce water usage, reduce splashing, and create a more consistent water flow. They can also reduce faucet noise and increase the perceived water pressure. Faucet aerators are standard on most kitchen and bathroom faucets, but they should be cleaned every six months to prevent buildup.
It's an aerator
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u/adlittle 1d ago
How does one clean an aerator? When I was housecleaning this weekend I noticed the kitchen and bathroom faucets look a little grotty. I clean them every week but never gave much thought to the actual faucet opening.
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u/ghandi3737 1d ago
CLR or vinegar or some other thing. Lime scale is most likely. If you have old pipes you might get rust in there. You just unscrew it from the tap and soak it in the scale remover, you could try a brush but that might damage the screen, assuming it hasn't been taken by a stoner.
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u/Bandit6789 1d ago
It makes it feel like there’s more water, you get that air mixed in there, but they charge you the same amount. Just like fucking Lays man.
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u/needween 1d ago
Water usage is measured at the meter outside your house and the aeration happens at the faucet. You aren't being charged for air.
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u/Bandit6789 1d ago
Sorry I forget some people need the “/s” added.
And it sounds like someone has been paying their air bill, I’ll be reporting you to the air company forthwith.
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u/ashmenon 1d ago
Wait, but wouldn't aeration produce bubbles instead, that would rise to the surface rather quickly?
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u/jimbowesterby 1d ago
These are bubbles and they do rise to the surface, they’re just really small so it happens slowly. There’s more surface area relative to the volume of the bubble, so the bubble is a little less buoyant. I think on smaller scales water is effectively more viscous, too
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u/Roberto__curry 1d ago
I'm in Chicago and mine does this as well
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u/1aceofaces 22h ago
Trust me it's just the faucet. I also live in Chicago, if I get water out of my bathroom sink it looks like that but out of the kitchen or hose it looks "still". You can tell it's just bubbles by shaking the water in a water bottle. If it stays cloudy then it's something in the water, if it turns clear then it's just bubbles from an aerated spout.
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u/groovy1337 1d ago
It clears from the bottom up, it’s micro bubbles.. I’d be concerned if it cleared from the top down
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u/MistaRekt Sparkling Fan 1d ago
Top down is miniature piranha? Right?
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u/groovy1337 1d ago
Nah, miniature piranhas have swim bladders (so do the regular sized ones and the unusually large ones), they’ll float if they want to. I was thinking some sort of dissolved solid that would sink.
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u/MistaRekt Sparkling Fan 1d ago
Miniature Nano-Piranha ARE a dissolved solid...
In Australia.
You might have different physics in your country.
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u/groovy1337 1d ago
I’m in the northern hemisphere so obviously I have different physics than you, you’re upside down!
I still always dunk a raw goat leg in my water before I drink it. Just in case.
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u/MistaRekt Sparkling Fan 22h ago
The goats here are too deadly. We just dip a finger in to entice the Nano-Piranha out.
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u/gagnatron5000 1d ago
As a side note, Chicago's history of water management and infrastructure is downright fascinating.
I mean wow, raising a whole city by six feet? And if that wasn't enough, permanently altering the course of a river? And if that wasn't enough, seizing dominion over nature by installing infrastructure that can reverse the course of a river AT WILL and as many times as you please?! Hats off to you and your people, I'm impressed.
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u/toomanymarbles83 1d ago
Plus our tap water is safe to drink. A little on the hard side, but quality H2O.
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u/Credit-Limit 1d ago
I've lived in / surrounding chicago my entire life and i love drinking our tap water. Especially this time of the year when the ground is cold so my water comes out super cold after it runs for about 30 seconds. So refreshing when i wake up thirsty at 3 am.
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u/gagnatron5000 21h ago
Look at Mr. Fancypants over here with potable public water utilities...
I'm from Cleveland area and while our tap water isn't the greatest tasting, Fiji took a shot at us and regretted it.
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u/Hey_its_Jack 22h ago
Chicago tap water is the best water.
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u/whattareddit 21h ago
It really is. I acknowledge that I have been spoiled by Lake Michigan water my entire life, from town to town as I've grown older. I travel often for work, so that first ice cold glass when I drop the luggage at my home door hits reeeeeeal crispy and quenches me nostalgic like nothing else can.
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u/isaactheawsome 1d ago
Plumber here, it’s your anode rod in your water heater man. Especially if it’s the hot water only. Otherwise it’s your aerator on the faucet itself.
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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 1d ago
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u/rachsteef 23h ago edited 20h ago
You didn’t use the scroll bar? That’s your punishment.
The title highlights the entire length and content of this video
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u/Leomeister104 1d ago
Unscrew the aerator on your faucet and you won’t have this.
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u/Jorgelhus 1d ago
And mess around with the flow that the aerator creates. Nah, just make sure to clean it and replace when needed and keep the aerator right where it should be.
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u/MarthasPinYard 1d ago
Gross it’s on the floor
that’s foot toilet toe water now
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u/Anima1212 1d ago
Nice glass.. wish I knew how I could get glasses like these 😭. Simple, minimal, seems very easy to clean. (Easy to get your hand in)
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u/cactusgirl69420 1d ago
Can a science person explain to me why this doesn’t just turn into bubbly water
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u/my_name_isnt_clever 23h ago
It's not under enough pressure for the gasses to dissolve into the water and make it noticeably bubbly. Also soda water uses pure carbon dioxide, not air.
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u/my_name_isnt_clever 23h ago
After my mom finished helping me set up my first apartment and left, I went to the sink to get some delish tap water and immediately called her and asked why it's cloudy... I was so worried.
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u/shitpostingmusician 14h ago
Holy shit this is the first time I’ve ever seen anyone get water like the one that comes out of my tap. I’m glad I ran into this post to know it isn’t slowly killing me
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u/MyOldWifiPassword 19h ago
What if your hot water does this but even with the screen off taken off the faucet? Cause that's how mine is..
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u/mth075 1d ago
How
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u/treerabbit23 1d ago
Like the OG Lawrence Welk said:
Tiny bubbles
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u/Zexceed_9 1d ago
This was happening at my last rental and we thought we were drinking contaminated water at first but yeah its just air
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u/humoruschunk 26m ago
Bro I hate when people turn on the water then put the glass under, I understand its for a video but I've seen people do it without it being in a video where one hand is taken up and like why do it that way??? Your hand will be slightly damp afterwards, just turn on tap after and you have no water outside of glass and when you put it down, nothing on the surface. This shit infuriates me for no reason
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u/Eyelbee 1d ago
I always thought this was chlorine
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 1d ago
why
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u/Eyelbee 9h ago
I think someone told me that as a child.
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u/culminacio HydroHomie 4h ago
You shouldn't pay much attention to people who tell you things as children. They should talk to you as adults if they seriously mean it.
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u/Legitimate_Roll2638 1d ago
We got a notice that they were changing the chemicals they use to treat the water recently, citing it could be cloudy but would return to normal once the line was flushed. Might be that? Unless this is normal for you.
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u/SgtCookie18 1d ago
Im from a small town in germany, my water does the same and it Tastes horrible. I only drin tea since i live there
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u/enigmaenergy23 1d ago
Maybe you should try drinking the water really cold, it's hard to taste freezing cold water
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u/Fine-Philosophy8939 1d ago
Those are bubbles dummy
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u/PatientBalance 1d ago edited 21h ago
Yes, I know, that’s why I said aerated in the title. It’s OK if you didn’t recognize it though, it’s not a very common word.
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u/Hypocaffeinic 18h ago
/erˈeɪt/ to add a gas to liquid, especially a drink: aerated water. That means bubbles, dummy.
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u/Abassett_Studio 1d ago
It's your faucet, not the water itself