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Just stumbled across this whilst trying to find out about caravan covers on the CC site!

"Some inferior plastic water pipes or containers can give the drinking water a 'tep' type of taste, which is very unpleasant.  This is usually triggered by a heavily chlorinated water supply, where the chlorine combines with phenol leached into the plastic, to give trichlorophenol, or TCP. Unfortunately, once the pipes have been so affected the only known complete cure is pipe replacemnt with a food quality grade of pipe as used by the brewers, etc." Wondered if this is of any help.

Quote: Originally posted by purplehat on 30/10/2006

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Just stumbled across this whilst trying to find out about caravan covers on the CC site!

"Some inferior plastic water pipes or containers can give the drinking water a 'tep' type of taste, which is very unpleasant.  This is usually triggered by a heavily chlorinated water supply, where the chlorine combines with phenol leached into the plastic, to give trichlorophenol, or TCP. Unfortunately, once the pipes have been so affected the only known complete cure is pipe replacemnt with a food quality grade of pipe as used by the brewers, etc." Wondered if this is of any help.

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Quote: Originally posted by purplehat on 30/10/2006

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Just stumbled across this whilst trying to find out about caravan covers on the CC site!

"Some inferior plastic water pipes or containers can give the drinking water a 'tep' type of taste, which is very unpleasant.  This is usually triggered by a heavily chlorinated water supply, where the chlorine combines with phenol leached into the plastic, to give trichlorophenol, or TCP. Unfortunately, once the pipes have been so affected the only known complete cure is pipe replacemnt with a food quality grade of pipe as used by the brewers, etc." Wondered if this is of any help.

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          That's excatly what it tastes like TCP!!  I originally blamed hubby

          for filling up with waste water, instead of drinking water!!

still think this is your problem,on a new van

hi this problem came up a year ago with new vans and it turned out to be the water pipes used in the new van.some people had them changed and all was ok from then on.i use milton.only leave it in for one hour the tank on the hot water does not like it.
theres one called CLEAN TABS come in tablet form,not cheap but you can leave it in and drink it as its a water purifying tablet

http://www.waterpurifying.co.uk/