HELP! Water contamination

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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby Icon » 18 Nov 2011, 09:38

Rodri,

If you are uneasy about the bath water, buy an attachable shower filter. It's about 2K but lasts about 3 to 6 months, depending on usage. My building's water is more roach tea tahn anything else, so I am happy to use this. Available at most departemt stores.
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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby b4rodrig » 18 Nov 2011, 10:12

Icon wrote:Rodri,

If you are uneasy about the bath water, buy an attachable shower filter. It's about 2K but lasts about 3 to 6 months, depending on usage. My building's water is more roach tea tahn anything else, so I am happy to use this. Available at most departemt stores.


That's a really good idea, I feel like a dumbass for not thinking of it before. I'll get one tomorrow for sure. You wouldn't by any chance know how to say "attachable shower filter" in Chinese would you?

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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby Tempo Gain » 18 Nov 2011, 10:27

How'd you get them to come back?
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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby b4rodrig » 18 Nov 2011, 10:50

Tempo Gain wrote:How'd you get them to come back?


I e-mailed a couple of times. I was gonna start faxing and whatnot like Muzha -Man suggested, but they responded. Oh yeah, I included a bunch of tech jargon the private lab had sent me in the last e-mail, maybe that's what got their attention.
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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby Mucha Man » 18 Nov 2011, 11:18

b4rodrig wrote:...I e-mailed a couple of times. I was gonna start faxing and whatnot like Muzha -Man suggested, but they responded. Oh yeah, I included a bunch of tech jargon the private lab had sent me in the last e-mail, maybe that's what got their attent.


That's good to know. In general though, most agencies in Taiwan are horrible at answering emails.
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Re: HELP! Water contamination

Postby b4rodrig » 15 Feb 2012, 00:33

For anyone who's interested, they came back a long time ago, but I'm jut getting back on forumosa to try and sort out another issue. They did the test and sent me the results via e-mail after about two weeks. According to their results, the water meets Taipei city standards. So, I finally stfu about it and moved on. I might post the results on here if I can in the future, just in case anyone's curious as to the testing details.
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