May 19, 2026 • 4 mins
Ryan, Dana, and Chris Trenkmann discuss why drinking water in Pinellas County may taste different this week.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Farah and Farah,
accident attorneys from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So, Panela's County utilities announced temporary changes to its water
disinfection process and they're expecting those changes to continue through Saturday.
So the Panella's government website says this water treatment method
will undergo a temporary change from chloramine to chlorine disinfection,
and it's a semi annual switch and it helps improve
(00:28):
water quality minimizes the potential for any other problems within
the system. A number of the water utilities throughout the
Tampa Bay area do this from time to time. Tampa
has done it, and yeah, people notice a change, So
it'll affect in Panela's County. The city's a bel Air
clearwater Panellas Park and Saintee Harbor. And I'm thinking, you know,
(00:49):
we got a drinking fountain down the hall right, how
to check it out because we're in that area.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yes, we can find out if it's any good. So
I'm in Panel's Park.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I've I put
my water in a Brita filter, so I don't know
what I taste the difference.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
So, as supposed to if I just took it right
out of the talent.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I'm not sure, but I was thinking about this yesterday,
like I wish that we had gotten a water sample
the other day.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, I could compare it. Yeah, exactly. And I'm telling
you one like a pepsi challenge right right.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
One of these days, they're going to come out after
they announced something like this.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
They're going to tell you, yeah, you didn't even know. Yeah,
I told you it was a little bit of a difference.
You kept drinking it.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
You're fine, exactly, We've made the switch.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
That's what they're going to say at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Only if it tastes better, yeah, yeah, I mean then
they won't admit if it tastes worse, they won't a bit.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Do you do you.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Let me start with you, Dana. Do you use filtered water?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
So I have a thing on my fridge.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Oh I wish I had one of those.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Well, so when I got my new fridge, though, I
hate the ones where it's on the front of the
fridge because it ends up leaving that film.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Like that white kind of yes.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
So when I was looking for new fridges when I
moved into my house, I saw that you could get
one where the nozzle with the water is on the
inside of the fridge. So everyone who comes to my
house is so annoyed by it.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
My son hates it. Mom, Why is it on the
inside of the fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah, I didn't even know that was a thing.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But I love it because I have a nice, beautiful
stainless fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
With no water mark on it.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Like it gets that like right from whatever's in the water.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
The sentiment not energy efficient because you got to keep
opening the fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
But I agree with Dana.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I have like a tray at the bottom of my
little dispenser thing in the fridge, and it is covered
in like white limestone. Yeah, and I've tried to clean it.
It doesn't come off now, you know. I mean, it's
just the nature of having that sort of thing. So
like if an ice cute falls and kind of sits
there and melts, it leads like this deposit, which makes
you realize that whatever the filter is of the fridge,
it doesn't.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Do a thing. No, No, it's not stopping the hard water. No, No,
it's not. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, and I don't think it affects the taste. I mean,
I have like a filter thing in the fridge where
you can switch that out. Yeah, and I get like
a light that says, you know, change filters it out.
I don't think it changes anything. I mean, it tastes
just as bad as it always has. I just wish
I had a fridge with that in my apartment complex.
Is the one thing that I don't have. And you
know how fricking annoying it is to fill up these
damn bretas. It's pain and the ass.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The only thing that I do like is that I've
got my bread. It's actually I keep it out because
I prefer water. If i'm if I'm guzzling it down,
and that's how I drink water.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I don't sip water throughout the day. I would never
drink that much.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I don't really like water, So I try to get
my water in by going like fifteen ounces at the time.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
You can't do that when it's cold.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Why don't you get one that gets on like the
filter on the faucet where you just turn it on them.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, I'm in an apartment complex. It's a little complicated.
My faucet's a little I've looked into that.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
There are a number of other options that that I
could probably go to. But I the filter on the fridge,
that the.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
One I got, the big one.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I've got the one that like if you go into
a hotel you see you know what I mean, Like
where they've got a whole thing laid out and you
can put a bunch of water in it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
But it's still a pain of the ass. Yeah, like
every single day I get it. You know, water in
Florida is terrible.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
It is.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
It's a lot of hard water.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yes, it's the nature of where it comes from. I
remember going back to my hometown in Chicago, drinking the
water right out of the tap. It was like delicious, right.
And then I was in Washington, d C. At a
hotel and I had a headache and I needed water.
I drank it right out of the tap. I was like, Wow,
Washington Water's awesome. Big difference, Yeah, huge difference. And I
know a lot of it has to do with the
pipes and just the way they process the water. But
(04:35):
you know, the source of the limestone water down here
is just makes a mess. Yeah, and you can't really
get rid of the taste. You can't take the you
can't take Florida out of the water.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Now, I guess not.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Follow the show and give us your hot take on Facebook, Instagram,
and acts at Ryan Gorman Show Presented by VERA and
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The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Farah and Farah,
accident attorneys from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So, Panela's County utilities announced temporary changes to its water
disinfection process and they're expecting those changes to continue through Saturday.
So the Panella's government website says this water treatment method
will undergo a temporary change from chloramine to chlorine disinfection,
and it's a semi annual switch and it helps improve
(00:28):
water quality minimizes the potential for any other problems within
the system. A number of the water utilities throughout the
Tampa Bay area do this from time to time. Tampa
has done it, and yeah, people notice a change, So
it'll affect in Panela's County. The city's a bel Air
clearwater Panellas Park and Saintee Harbor. And I'm thinking, you know,
(00:49):
we got a drinking fountain down the hall right, how
to check it out because we're in that area.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Yes, we can find out if it's any good. So
I'm in Panel's Park.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I haven't noticed a difference yet, but I've I put
my water in a Brita filter, so I don't know
what I taste the difference.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
So, as supposed to if I just took it right
out of the talent.
Speaker 5 (01:08):
I'm not sure, but I was thinking about this yesterday,
like I wish that we had gotten a water sample
the other day.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Yeah, I could compare it. Yeah, exactly. And I'm telling
you one like a pepsi challenge right right.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
One of these days, they're going to come out after
they announced something like this.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
They're going to tell you, yeah, you didn't even know. Yeah,
I told you it was a little bit of a difference.
You kept drinking it.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
You're fine, exactly, We've made the switch.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
That's what they're going to say at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Only if it tastes better, yeah, yeah, I mean then
they won't admit if it tastes worse, they won't a bit.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Do you do you.
Speaker 4 (01:40):
Let me start with you, Dana. Do you use filtered water?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
So I have a thing on my fridge.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Oh I wish I had one of those.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Well, so when I got my new fridge, though, I
hate the ones where it's on the front of the
fridge because it ends up leaving that film.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Like that white kind of yes.
Speaker 5 (01:57):
So when I was looking for new fridges when I
moved into my house, I saw that you could get
one where the nozzle with the water is on the
inside of the fridge. So everyone who comes to my
house is so annoyed by it.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
My son hates it. Mom, Why is it on the
inside of the fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Yeah, I didn't even know that was a thing.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But I love it because I have a nice, beautiful
stainless fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
With no water mark on it.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Like it gets that like right from whatever's in the water.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
The sentiment not energy efficient because you got to keep
opening the fridge.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
But I agree with Dana.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I have like a tray at the bottom of my
little dispenser thing in the fridge, and it is covered
in like white limestone. Yeah, and I've tried to clean it.
It doesn't come off now, you know. I mean, it's
just the nature of having that sort of thing. So
like if an ice cute falls and kind of sits
there and melts, it leads like this deposit, which makes
you realize that whatever the filter is of the fridge,
it doesn't.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Do a thing. No, No, it's not stopping the hard water. No, No,
it's not. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, and I don't think it affects the taste. I mean,
I have like a filter thing in the fridge where
you can switch that out. Yeah, and I get like
a light that says, you know, change filters it out.
I don't think it changes anything. I mean, it tastes
just as bad as it always has. I just wish
I had a fridge with that in my apartment complex.
Is the one thing that I don't have. And you
know how fricking annoying it is to fill up these
damn bretas. It's pain and the ass.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
The only thing that I do like is that I've
got my bread. It's actually I keep it out because
I prefer water. If i'm if I'm guzzling it down,
and that's how I drink water.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I don't sip water throughout the day. I would never
drink that much.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
I don't really like water, So I try to get
my water in by going like fifteen ounces at the time.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
You can't do that when it's cold.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Why don't you get one that gets on like the
filter on the faucet where you just turn it on them.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Yeah, I'm in an apartment complex. It's a little complicated.
My faucet's a little I've looked into that.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
There are a number of other options that that I
could probably go to. But I the filter on the fridge,
that the.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
One I got, the big one.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I've got the one that like if you go into
a hotel you see you know what I mean, Like
where they've got a whole thing laid out and you
can put a bunch of water in it.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
But it's still a pain of the ass. Yeah, like
every single day I get it. You know, water in
Florida is terrible.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
It is.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
It's a lot of hard water.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yes, it's the nature of where it comes from. I
remember going back to my hometown in Chicago, drinking the
water right out of the tap. It was like delicious, right.
And then I was in Washington, d C. At a
hotel and I had a headache and I needed water.
I drank it right out of the tap. I was like, Wow,
Washington Water's awesome. Big difference, Yeah, huge difference. And I
know a lot of it has to do with the
pipes and just the way they process the water. But
(04:35):
you know, the source of the limestone water down here
is just makes a mess. Yeah, and you can't really
get rid of the taste. You can't take the you
can't take Florida out of the water.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Now, I guess not.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Follow the show and give us your hot take on Facebook, Instagram,
and acts at Ryan Gorman Show Presented by VERA and
VERA Accident Attorney's Tampa
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