Costuleni residents connected to the public water mains will notice, in the coming days, a stronger taste and smell of chlorine at the tap. The village hall announced on Tuesday, 7 July, that starting the next day — Wednesday, 8 July — it is beginning chlorination, that is, the disinfection of the mains water, “in order to ensure the quality and safety of the drinking water”.
It is a routine procedure, in which the water is treated with chlorine to kill any bacteria. While it lasts, the local administration says, the water “may have a specific smell or taste of chlorine, which is normal and part of the disinfection process”.
What residents are advised
The village hall asks locals for one concrete thing: not to use mains water for irrigation — of gardens, lawns, flowers or other crops — because chlorinated water “may have adverse effects on vegetation”. For household use, the notice imposes no restriction and does not call for boiling the water; the disinfection is done precisely so that the water stays drinkable.
The notice does not say how long the chlorination will last — the administration speaks only of “the coming period, starting tomorrow” — nor whether this is a periodic, seasonal operation or a one-off. Those are details the village hall has not made public.
Chlorinating the mains is an ordinary operation for maintaining drinking water. Timely information — with the explanation that a chlorine taste is normal, not a sign of spoiled water — helps people tell a routine procedure from a real fault, and avoids damage in the garden.