I understand; we all have our own needs and preferences.

You may run into a few hiccups here and there with Devuan; however, for my needs...answers that I've found for Debian usually work as do answers from the Arch wiki. If nothing else works, you can ask here.

By the way, I use Arch ... I mean...welcome aboard!

Hahaha!

I don't use Arch by the way.

In English, we are taught to never use a double negative when writing or speaking...

...because it's a big no-no.

Indeed!

I will trust you on this ; however, it seems to be a little different scenario than what I'm familiar with in "drinking water"???

From what I know...when chlorine reaches its demand peak, it will then start to break down...and produce by-products...which can cause bad health concerns.

That's why citizens on a public water supply should request that the lines be flushed on a regular basis...especially on a closed system (water lines that are in a closed loop)...or on dead-end lines (lines that don't go anywhere after they end).

ANY public water service SHOULD flush their lines at a minimum of twice a year. More so if they are a closed loop system or have dead-end lines; however, they don't want to do that, because it's basically throwing money down the drain. Yes, my employer hates me for me trying to enforce this.

Money wins...

I would be interested to know more about the situation that you mentioned. Was the pH high (over 8.0)...what was the temperature in °C...et-al? You don't have to mention it here (unless you're comfortable with that); you can private message me.

You just got my brain working trying to figure it out. Hahaha!

I thought things when I read groan and fertile, but I won't say what I thought...

Bwahahahaha!

My career has been in water treatment. Believe it or not, if you smell chlorine in your tap water, that actually means that it needs more chlorine. I won't go into the science behind it.

If you had a funky smell, that was probably due to an algae bloom (or possibly hydrogen sulfide from decaying organics) in the source water.

Sounds like they needed to treat that smell (and probably weren't), and they needed to go up on the chlorine only if flushing the main lines of the system didn't help do away with the chlorine smell.

Now, with all of that said, I may work in water treatment...but I don't drink the water.

I know too much...unless I've forgotten some of it.

Thanks for everyone's input; I greatly appreciate it!

Basically, I eat organic salads every day (greens, carrots, cucumbers, bell pepper, onions, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, etc)...with organic chicken in it...and use red wine vinegar (with a dash of mustard) as dressing. Sometimes, I like to stir things up and live on the wild side by using Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar as the dressing.

I allow myself one day a week (usually only one meal that day) to eat whatever I want.

That (along with walking daily) has really seemed to make a difference for me.

I still long for Soy flavored Ramen Noodles, but I don't eat them...but I want to...but I don't. Hahaha!

Thank you for the links golinux!

It's a bit incredulous that things like this are actually happening.

Greed and money-mongering at the expense(s) of the populace...

We have "self-contained farmers" where I live. As such, we can buy beef, chicken, eggs, etc...

However, it would cost almost twice as much as buying it from the already inflated grocery store's prices in today's economy.

I don't mean to be a sad-sack, but good grief...it's gotten to the point for most people here in the USA...would you rather eat a hot dog every day, or eat real food twice a week.

I think USAians are starting to actually, finally, really, and truly get a slight understanding of what the people in malnourished countries have dealt with for years. Oh...we may bewail not being able to have a pizza for now, but just wait until we will be begging to have a bowl of rice.

...enjoy those Ramen Noodles while you can folks.

I enjoy going outdoors.

It's better than going out windows.