Water taste and smell

Water can be savored like wine, as the opening of water bars shows.
Yet saying that tap water has a taste or smell means that it tastes or smells bad: no one wants to drink it and people even fear for their health. Why?

Video

Why does tap water have a taste or smell?

David Benanou, head of the Chemical Expertise team of Veolia Environnement's Water Research Center, answers the questions of Gwenaelle Bru, Veolia's Industrial Markets department, about water taste and smell.

Place: Water Research Center, Maisons-Laffitte (Paris area)

Notebook

Outline

  • Interview
    David Benanou, Veolia's Water Research Center.
  • Research program
    Unknown odoriferous compounds identified in Sweden.
  • Methodologies
    In the beginning was taste.
  • 3 questions for...
    Geneviève Leboucher, Veolia Water, Marketing.
  • Technologies
    Capturing the elusive.
  • Research program
    Rennes sets out to conquer the taste of water.
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