If you had your Philadelphia tap water routinely tested by an accredited independent testing laboratory rather than blindly accepting the numbers that PWD brags about in their nice, colorful, glossy pamphlets, that taste would not surprise you at all.

Rather, you'd wonder why it DOESN'T taste like that all the time.

We (meaning the residents on our block) all had whole house treatment systems installed (at our not so insignificant expense) for this very reason.

Because, at the end of the day, you have to decide what to believe: YOUR taste buds and YOUR test results or THEIR ad campaigns and numbers.