It's 7 Degrees Out: How Much Colder Will This Make Your Tap Water?
Wintertime means no ice is needed to chill a glass of ice water.
Editor's note: This article was originally published in December 2011 on Avon-Avon Lake Patch. This week's frigid weather means you can expect colder tap water. You’re not imagining it: When you turn on that tap water in the dead of winter and it feels darn near freezing, it’s because it is. Sure, everything seems a little colder once that winter chill sets in, but Patch checked with Steve Heimlich, the water plant manager at Avon Lake Municipal Utilities and he confirmed it. There can be a significant difference between cold tap water in the summer and the middle of winter when Lake Erie is almost frozen over. “It depends on the temperature of the lake, our source water,” Heimlich said. On Jan. 21, 2013, Lake Erie was 36 degrees (Lake …
